Places Clur Wants to Go

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

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

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

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

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

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

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.