Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

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

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

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

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

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

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

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

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

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

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

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

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.