Places notrobespierre Wants to Go

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

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

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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

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

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

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

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

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

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.