Places Emily Kemp Wants to Go

A model train wonderland hidden beneath Gare de l'Est station.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

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

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

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.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

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

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.