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Rites and Rituals | Edited by Laetitia

The Argonaute French submarine, also known as the S636, was launched on October 23rd, 1958 as a flagship within the Toulon submarine squadron. With its stealthy, silent diesel engines and its... »

Watery Wonders, Unusual Monuments | Edited by katiebaker4 and Rachel

In 1851, physicist Léon Foucault demonstrated the rotation of the Earth with an experiment conducted in the Paris Panthéon. By constructing a fixed 67-meter swinging lead bob beneath the central... »

Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Marvelous Maps and Measures, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Dampo, Dylan and 2 others

Spanning 416 square feet, the I Love You Wall ( Le mur des je t'aime) in Paris' Jehan-Rictus Square was created by two artists as a rendezvous location for lovers and a lasting monument to eternal... »

| Edited by serflac, atimian and others

Blissfully unaware of the history of Paris, one might simply trip over these five indents in the street without realizing they were once the foundation for a guillotine that carried out executions... »

Memento Mori, Retro-Tech | Edited by serflac and atimian

Hidden in an unassuming passage near the metro Grands Boulevards, is a tiny shop called Tombees do Camion. Filled to capacity and nearly spilling out onto the street, the tiny shop is a retro... »

Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by A Facebook user and atimian

(30 min from centre of Paris). Unusual house, one of the last properties designed by famous architect, Jacques Couëlle. Extraordinary sculptural building set in 5 366 m² of landscaped grounds with... »

| Edited by serflac

It's a curious but undeniable fact: Paris is a city which has selectively but deliberately consumed its own past, and consciously chosen which of its many faces to show to the world. We know it... »

Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by cultureandstuff, Dylan and others

The Musée des Plans-Reliefs is currently conserving one hundred and three-dimensional military models, twenty-eight of which are on display. The museum dates back to 1668 during the reign of Louis... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by CPilgrim, Dylan and 3 others

The mid-1800s Haussmann era building at 59 Rivoli was an artist squat for years before being renovated by the city and returned to a collective of artists. After Crédit Lyonnais abandoned the... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art | Edited by allison, Nicholas Jackson and others