Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

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

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

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

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

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

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

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

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

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 font of vintage porn on the silver screen.

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

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

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

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

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

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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