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Joseph van L

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Places visited in Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia

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Places visited in Hereford, England

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Places visited in East Molesey, England

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Places visited in Saint-Denis, France

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Le Passe-Muraille

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Added by beckybodnar

Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Père Lachaise Cemetery

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

Added by meelar

Montparnasse Cemetery

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Allison

Added by Allison

Montmartre Funicular

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Pont de la Concorde

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Allison

Added by Allison

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

Allison

Added by Allison

Lion of The Botanical Gardens

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Laetitia Barbier

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La Promenade Plantée

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Added by brickhound

Carousel of Extinct and Endangered Animals

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

Allison

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Arènes de Lutèce

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

cultureandstuff

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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

Statue of Death of the University of Medicine

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Laetitia Barbier

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Salvador Dalí Sundial

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Allison

Added by Allison

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 Padlocks of Love

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

amyfreeborn

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Musée des Arts et Métiers

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Added by mbison

Le Défenseur du Temps (The Defender of Time)

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

Allison

Added by Allison

Cannonball of the Hotel de Sens

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

Julien Aurouze and Co.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

Paris Point Zero

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

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Centre Pompidou

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

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The Stravinsky Fountain

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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