Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

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

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

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

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

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

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

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

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

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

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

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

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

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

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

BDSM, 1930s Style.

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