Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

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

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

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

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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