M&L August 2018

18 Places

Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Phallological Museum

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Punk Museum

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

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Traboules Secret Passages

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Annetta Black

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Ancient Roman Theaters of Lyon

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

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Musée Miniature et Cinéma

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

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Catacombes de Paris

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

Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)

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

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The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Allison

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Musée Carnavalet

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

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Au Bonheur du Jour

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

Remnants of the Paris Guillotine

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

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Harry's New York Bar

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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La Conciergerie

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

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The Duluc Detective Agency

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Luke J Spencer

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Cimetiere de Picpus

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

Annetta Black

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Crypt Beneath St. Joseph des Carmes

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

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Pont de la Concorde

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Allison

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Jean-Paul Marat's Bathtub at Musée Grévin

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

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