A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.