Svitlana Orlynska's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Svitlana Orlynska

Ukrainian living in Vienna. Traveled to 50+ countries: both "must see" destinations and "off the beaten track".

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The Grand Lodge of France

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

Laetitia Barbier

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Rue Crémieux

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

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Père Lachaise Cemetery

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

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The Recumbent Effigy of Victor Noir

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Louis XIV's Globes

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

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Längenfeld, Austria

Aqua Dome Langenfeld

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

Kergin

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Innsbruck, Austria

The Empty Tomb of Maximilian I

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

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Mondsee, Austria

The Altar of the Basilica of St. Michael

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

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The Beverley Adult Cinema

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

Labrouste Reading Room

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

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World's Oldest Basketball Court

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

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Cours des Miracles (Court of Miracles)

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

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

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

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The One-Two-Two

This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.

Chez Christiane

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Le Louxor Palais du Cinema

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

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Vorontsov Palace

This magnificent Crimean estate was once a playground of the Russian elite.

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Langseitenrotte, Austria

Mariazellerbahn

Narrow-gauge railway with its own personal power grid.

Catacombes de Paris

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

Harry's New York Bar

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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Basilique Notre-Dame-des-Victoires

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

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Le Chabanais

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

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Au Bonheur du Jour

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

Argonaute Submarine

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

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