Places Atlantis Wants to Go

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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.

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

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

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

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

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

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

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

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

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

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

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