The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

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

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

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

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

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

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

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.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

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

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

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

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.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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

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

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

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.