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valeriaviola

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Musée de la Vie Romantique

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

Allison

Added by Allison

Water Tank Beneath Palais Garnier

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Musée des Egouts (Paris Museum of Sewers)

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

Dylan

Musée du quai Branly (Quai Branly Museum)

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Passy Cemetery

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

Gavin

Musée de la Contrefaçon

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

Added by mbison

The One-Two-Two

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

Pont de la Concorde

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

Allison

Added by Allison

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

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

CadaverFormosus

Added by CadaverFormosus

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.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

The Beverley Adult Cinema

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

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.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

145 Rue Lafayette

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

EVA

Musée Edith Piaf

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

Added by Ashawnta

L'Atelier des Lumières (Workshop of Light)

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

Added by daryleconners

LaBeL RéCuP'

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Added by Worldtrvlr

Musée Bricard

A curious collection of locks and keys.

Added by CPilgrim

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.

Handsome Dan

Added by Handsome Dan

Hotel Lutetia

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

Traveling Maven

Added by Traveling Maven

Chapelle Notre Dame de la Medaille Miraculeuse

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

The Wax and Bone Relics of Saint Vincent de Paul

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Louis XIV's Globes

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

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Sculptures de Décure

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

satxwdavis

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