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

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

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.

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

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

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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.

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

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

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

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

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

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

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

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

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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