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

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

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

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

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

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

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

A wood-and-steel sculpture garden featuring an artful interplay of nature and machinery.

This little train station is forever immortalized in film history.

This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.

Artist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.

Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.