Paris, France
Cabinet of Joseph Bonnier de La Mosson
Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.
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Paris, France
Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, France
The largest underground church in Europe.
Maisons-Alfort, France
The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Cahors, France
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
Paris, France
In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.
Saint-Pierre-Colamine, France
A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.
Lyon, France
Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.
Amiens, France
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Peaugres, France
One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.
Paris, France
A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.
Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France
Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Paris, France
"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Paris, France
A museum of magic with a Sadist past.
Paris, France
Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.
Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
Paris, France
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Menton, France
Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Prague, Czechia
Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.