Paris, France
Deyrolle Taxidermy
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
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Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France
Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Paris, France
A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.
Paris, France
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Nice, France
An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Nantes, France
Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.
Montpellier, France
This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.
Marseille, France
For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.
Marseille, France
This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.
Amiens, France
The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.
Amiens, France
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
Lyon, France
Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.
Prague, Czechia
An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.
Prague, Czechia
A crucified and bearded female saint.
Prague, Czechia
A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.
Prague, Czechia
An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.