Places froeckmann Wants to Go

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

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

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

The narrowest street in Paris.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

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

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.