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

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

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

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

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

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

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

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

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

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

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

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

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.