Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

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

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

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

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

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

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

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.

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

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

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

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.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

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

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

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.