A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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

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

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

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

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

The narrowest street in Paris.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

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

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.