Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

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

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

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

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

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

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

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

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

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

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

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

1920's reinforced concrete church by architect Auguste Perret changes the face of modern design.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

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

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.