A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

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

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

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

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.