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

BDSM, 1930s Style.

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

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

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

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

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

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.

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

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

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

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

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

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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