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

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

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

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

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

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

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

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

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

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

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

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

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.