Places davidbragin Wants to Go

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

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

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

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

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

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.

Peek into a cave of giant, glimmering crystals.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.