A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

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

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

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."

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.