hrnick's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

hrnick

Restless, curious, obsessed by Atlas Obscura and always looking for a next destination. Feel free to connect with me on Facebook if you want to ask about a place I've been or added or if you're looking for an Atlas Obscura obsessed guide in Stockholm.

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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

Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

Added by sharris

36 Rue Saint Sulpice

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Statue of Death of the University of Medicine

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

The Relics of St. Genevieve at St-Etienne-du-Mont

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

CadaverFormosus

Added by CadaverFormosus

Arènes de Lutèce

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

cultureandstuff

Added by cultureandstuff

Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

philoursmars

Added by philoursmars

Cabinet of Joseph Bonnier de La Mosson

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Allison

Added by Allison

The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Allison

Added by Allison

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

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

Allison

Added by Allison

Paris Space Invaders

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

Added by maarten

Jardin Alpin (Alpine Garden)

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

lampbane

Added by lampbane

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

Added by Allison

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

'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

Sculptures de Décure

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

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Catacombes de Paris

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

Petite Ceinture

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Allison

Added by Allison

Notre Dame du Travail Church

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Added by steenbergenm

Montparnasse Cemetery

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

Allison

Added by Allison

Arago Medallions

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Jeannot's Floor

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

ArchiTiti

Added by ArchiTiti