A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

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

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

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

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

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

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

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

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

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

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

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