The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

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

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

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

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

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

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

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.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

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.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.