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The Etched Mirror Salons of Laperouse Restaurant

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

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

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Montmartre Cemetery

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

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Père Lachaise Cemetery

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

Added by meelar

I Love You Wall

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

serflac

Added by serflac

Au Bonheur du Jour

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

Museum of Vampires

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Musée des Arts Forains

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

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

The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Allison

Added by Allison

Brno Astronomical Clock

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Kutna Hora, Czechia

Saint Barbara's Church

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

Added by ridabrams

Prague, Czechia

Lennon Wall

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Added by quixoticsemiotic

Prague, Czechia

Saint Michael's Church

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

stonoceno

Added by stonoceno

Prague, Czechia

Olšany Cemetery

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

Airton Morassi

Added by Airton Morassi

Nuclear Shelter 10-Z

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Prague, Czechia

Strahov Monastery

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

michelle

Added by michelle

Prague, Czechia

Hlava Franze Kafky (Franz Kafka's Head)

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Sebastian Wortys

Added by Sebastian Wortys

The Indecent Little Man on the Church of St. James

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

The Czech's Capuchin Crypt

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

Lunarsynthesis

Added by Lunarsynthesis

Kutna Hora, Czechia

Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Brno Ossuary

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

Dylan

Klatovy, Czechia

Klatovy Catacomb Mummies

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

pieofthemonth

Added by pieofthemonth

Melnik, Czechia

Melník Chapel of Bones

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

Added by CPilgrim