Often compared to New York City's Frick Collection, this was one of the grandest private residences of 19th-century Paris. Built between 1869 and 1875, it became a showcase for the art collections of its owners, Edouard André and his wife, Nélie Jacquemart. The couple felt little connection to their contemporary art scene and instead sought out Italian Renaissance masterpieces. The Jacquemart-Andrés always intended to make their home a museum, and one of the distinctive pleasures of a visit here is the balance between great art and intimate settings. While walking through the home you'll be able to see the private rooms as well as the grand formal spaces. Tiepolo frescoes waft up a stunning double staircase and across the dining-room ceiling. In the salons, done in the fashionable Louis XVI-Empress style (favored by Empress Eugénie), you'll find Uccello's Saint George Slaying the Dragon, Rembrandt's Pilgrims of Emmaus, and Jacques-Louis David's Comte Antoine-Français de Nantes. The Tiepolo dining room now contains a café, where you can lunch on salads named after some of the painters you've seen upstairs. COST: EUR8. Métro: St-Philippe-du-Roule or Miromesnil.