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

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

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.

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

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

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

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

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

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

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

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

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

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

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

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.