An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

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

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

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

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

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

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

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

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

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

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.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.