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Cimetière du Calvaire

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

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Père Lachaise Cemetery

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

Added by meelar

Lines of Cremains at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

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.

Arago Medallions

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

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Napoleon's Angels

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Danse de la Fontaine Emergente

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

Added by beckybodnar

Beware of Words

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

Added by rouseville

Musée des Plans-Reliefs

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Le Louxor Palais du Cinema

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

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Remnants of the Paris Guillotine

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

serflac

Added by serflac

Lion of The Botanical Gardens

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

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Allison

Added by Allison

Rue Crémieux

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

Simon Jones

Added by Simon Jones

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

La Promenade Plantée

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Added by brickhound

Musée Curie

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Indygenous

Added by Indygenous

Harry's New York Bar

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

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

The Last Original Standard Metre

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Allison

Added by Allison

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 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

Foucault's Pendulum

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

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Statue of Death of the University of Medicine

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier