Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

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

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

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

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

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

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

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

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

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

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.