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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

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

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

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.