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Natural Bridge, Virginia

Dinosaur Kingdom II

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Radford, Virginia

St. Albans Sanatorium

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Natural Bridge, Virginia

Hidden J.R.R. Tolkien Quote

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Paris, France

Sape & Co

permanently closed
A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.
Saint-Ouen, France

François Richard's Scientific Devices and Odd Machinery

permanently closed
A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.
Paris, France

The Beverley Adult Cinema

permanently closed
A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.
Paris, France

Rotary Love Hotel

permanently closed
A Belle Epoque bordello turned into a themed love hotel.
Paris, France

Musée de la Poupée

permanently closed
Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.
Paris, France

Pomze Paris

permanently closed
Got apples?
Paris, France

Thanksgiving Grocery

permanently closed
An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.
Saint-Ouen, France

Alain Baroux's Antique Curiosity Cabinet

permanently closed
An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.
Paris, France

Pep's Maison

permanently closed
One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.
Paris, France

Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint)

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.
Paris, France

Wall of The Drunken Boat

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.
Paris, France

Hotel Lutetia

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.
Paris, France

El Clan Destino

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.
Paris, France

Mundolingua

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.
Paris, France

Gobelins Tapestry Factory

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.
Paris, France

Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.
Paris, France

The Bears of Gobelins

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.
Paris, France

'Tower'

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.
Paris, France

Cinémathèque Française

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.
Paris, France

Notre-Dame-de-Lorette

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.
Paris, France

Maison de Victor Hugo

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.