Saint-Ouen, France
François Richard's Scientific Devices and Odd Machinery
A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.
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Saint-Ouen, France
A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.
Saint-Ouen, France
An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Paris, France
This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.
Paris, France
This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.
Paris, France
Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.
Paris, France
Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.
Paris, France
The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.
Paris, France
A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.
Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Paris, France
This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Paris, France
A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
London, England
Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.
London, England
William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.
London, England
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
London, England
A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
London, England
A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.