blueindigowaves's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Places near me Random place
Loading map...
Paris, France

Association Française des Amis des Chemins de Fer

A model train wonderland hidden beneath Gare de l'Est station.
madveek Added by madveek
Paris, France

Fourier's Fourth Apple

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.
Traveling Maven Added by Traveling Maven
Paris, France

Debauve & Gallais

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Paris, France

'Tower'

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

Mundolingua

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

Cinémathèque Française

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

Musée de la Contrefaçon

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.
Added by mbison
Paris, France

Le Passe-Muraille

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.
Added by beckybodnar
Paris, France

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
Paris, France

The Stravinsky Fountain

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Added by kelseyv64
Paris, France

The Bouquinistes of Paris

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Paris, France

LaBeL RéCuP'

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.
Added by Worldtrvlr
Paris, France

La Promenade Plantée

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.
Added by brickhound
Paris, France

Musée Carnavalet

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Madiha Bataineh Added by Madiha Bataineh
Paris, France

Centre Pompidou

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

La REcyclerie

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Paris, France

La Bague de Kenza

This Algerian sweet shop serves confections in an eye-popping array of hues.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Paris, France

Chez Bob de Tunis

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Paris, France

E. Dehillerin

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.
Diana Hubbell Added by Diana Hubbell
Paris, France

Roger La Grenouille

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Forks, Washington

Second Beach

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.
Destination aficionado Added by Destination aficionado
Hammond Island, Australia

'Savior of a Friend'

On Keriri/Hammond Island, a marker shares the story of an imprisoned woman and the island she saved and that eventually saved her—in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.
jase Added by jase
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

Schilthorn Piz Gloria

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.
Added by graemelovell
Roscoe, New York

Craig-E-Clair Castle

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
ghav123 Added by ghav123