Places marygerush Wants to Go

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

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

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

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 site where two doves fell in love.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

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

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

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

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

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

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

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.