The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

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

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

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

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

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

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The largest medical and anatomical collection in France lies hidden from the public.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

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