Places Michelle D Wants to Go

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

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

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

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

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

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

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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