A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

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

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

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

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

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

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

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

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

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

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

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

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.

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

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.