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Bowiefrid

I live in a forest with a witch and a vodu doctor, I'm just the weird guy that collects books. If it weren't for one of my jobs, I probably would have never visited 94% of the places I have seen.

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Places visited in Kazanlak, Bulgaria

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Places visited in Osimo, Italy

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Places visited in Želízy, Czechia

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Nantes' Natural History Museum

Home to the "Rat King" of Nantes and other wonders of the natural world.

Added by Quentin

Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France

Serpent D'Océan

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Beauvoir, France

Alligator Bay

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

taotaoholmes

Added by taotaoholmes

Chambourcy, France

The Désert de Retz

Shattered columns and Egyptian pyramids outside of Paris.

Added by NathanRisinger

Versailles, France

The Osmothèque

Perfume museum and library.

Madiha Bataineh

Added by Madiha Bataineh

Bourg-la-Reine, France

Francois Hennebique's Concrete Manor

The man who introduced reinforced concrete to the world demonstrated its genius by using it to build his own house.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Maisons-Alfort, France

Musée Fragonard

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Added by mbison

Doctor Charcot's Library

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

InvisibleParis

Added by InvisibleParis

Musée des Arts Forains

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

The Wax and Bone Relics of Saint Vincent de Paul

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

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Crypt Beneath St. Joseph des Carmes

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

Meg

Foucault's Pendulum

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

Dampo

Musée de Cluny

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Allison

Added by Allison

Musée Dupuytren

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

Added by mbison

Museum of the History of Medicine

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

Allison

Added by Allison

Paris Point Zero

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

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

The Duluc Detective Agency

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

The Sausage Stained Glass of the Eglise Saint Eustache

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

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

The Relic Crypt of St. Helena at Église Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles

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

CadaverFormosus

Added by CadaverFormosus

Parc Monceau

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

orchidsheart42

Added by orchidsheart42

Le Musée du Fumeur

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

Added by Joseph Alexiou

Museum of Eroticism

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

Madiha Bataineh

Added by Madiha Bataineh

Montmartre Cemetery

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

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

WWII Bunker Under Gare de l'Est

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

Josh