Places bbcrack Wants to Go

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This California eatery has made a name for itself by embracing Asia's rich history of eating bugs.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

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

BDSM, 1930s Style.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

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

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

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

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.