In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

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

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

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Got apples?

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

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.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

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