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.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

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

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

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

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

A font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

The narrowest street in Paris.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

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

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

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

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