A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

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

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

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

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.