The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.