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An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

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

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

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.

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

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

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

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

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

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

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

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

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

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.

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

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

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.