A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

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.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

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

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

The narrowest street in Paris.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

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

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

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

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

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

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

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

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

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.