Places elscocquyt1 Wants to Go

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

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

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

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

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

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

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

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Rumored to have been frequented by Vincent van Gogh, it's the only remaining genever producer in the Hague.

A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

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

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

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.