Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

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

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

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

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

The narrowest street in Paris.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

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.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.