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

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

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

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

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

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

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

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

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

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

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

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies