Places Minisaurus Wants to Go

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

A curious collection of locks and keys.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

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

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

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

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

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

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

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

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.