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

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."

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

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

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.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

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

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

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

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

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.