A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

The largest underground church in Europe.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

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

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

Museum covers every step of the chocolate-making process, from cultivation to the finished product.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.