A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

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

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

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

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

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

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.