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

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

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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

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

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

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

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

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

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.