A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

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

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

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.

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

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

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

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

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

Legend says the only thing buried within this magnificent tomb was a dog.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

The mummified relic of St. Catherine sits forever on a golden throne.

A small window on Via Piella offers a lovely and rare peek at Bologna's lost canals.

Acrosticism and palindromes on this randomly placed stone.