Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

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

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

The climactic location of the 1977 film 'The Yellow Handkerchief' commemorates its concept of happiness.

Descendants of the samurai who guarded Matsusaka Castle during the Edo period still live in these charming historic houses (and visitors can enter one of them for free).

At this Neolithic site, the remains of ancient humans have been found alongside the bones of the toxic fugu pufferfish.