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

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

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

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

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

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

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

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

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

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

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

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

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.