Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.