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Madeleine

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Art historian, classicist, writer, editor, designer, world traveler, and connoisseur of the obscure.
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Le Train Bleu Restaurant
Permanently Closed

New York, New York

Le Train Bleu Restaurant

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

High Bridge

New York, New York

High Bridge

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

Greenacre Park

New York, New York

Greenacre Park

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Oyster bar

New York, New York

Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The fireplace adorned by elephant tusks.

New York, New York

Explorers Club Headquarters

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Mmuseumm

New York, New York

Mmuseumm

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Exterior of Centre Pompidou

Paris, France

Centre Pompidou

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

Pont de la Concorde

Paris, France

Pont de la Concorde

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Statue of Liberty at Pont du Grenelle

Paris, France

Statue of Liberty at Pont de Grenelle

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

A view of the Promenade Plantée in Paris

Paris, France

La Promenade Plantée

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

The ruins of 18th-century "Roman" columns

Paris, France

Parc Monceau

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

The effigy of Victor Noir, with a spot conspicuously rubbed clean.

Paris, France

The Recumbent Effigy of Victor Noir

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Av.Rapp - Immeuble Lavirotte

Paris, France

Jules Lavirotte’s 29 Avenue Rapp

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

Sleeping fox of the Fox Salon

Paris, France

Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Museum of Hunting and Nature)

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

A pack of Radium-laced cigarettes at the Musée Curie.

Paris, France

Musée Curie

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

"The Lady and the Unicorn" tapestry

Paris, France

Musée de Cluny

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

Montparnasse Cemetery

Paris, France

Montparnasse Cemetery

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Musée de la Poupée
Permanently Closed

Paris, France

Musée de la Poupée

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

Montmartre Cemetery

Paris, France

Montmartre Cemetery

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The oval reading room at the Bibliothèque nationale.

Paris, France

Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)

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

Paris Point Zero

Paris, France

Paris Point Zero

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

Detail of the jewelry boutique of Georges Fouquet from 1900

Paris, France

Musée Carnavalet

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Deyrolle Taxidermy

Paris, France

Deyrolle Taxidermy

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

The Defender of Time

Paris, France

Le Défenseur du Temps (The Defender of Time)

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

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