Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 75007 Paris, France

The Sanctuary of Impressionism: Musée d'Orsay
I might love Orsay more than the Louvre. Masterpieces of Impressionism line the galleries, and sitting before Monet's Water Lilies, you lose all sense of time. The building itself, a former train station, is stunningly beautiful.