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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

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

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

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

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

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

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

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

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

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

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

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.