Places mrpandaa Wants to Go

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

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

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

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

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

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

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

The narrowest street in Paris.

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.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

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.

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

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.