This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

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

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

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

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

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

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

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

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

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

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

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.