Places katec8100 Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

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

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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

This is the real-life “Phantom of the Opera” box from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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

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

A cocktail lounge decorated like an American dive bar, in honor of the legendary author Ernest Hemingway.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

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

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

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.