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

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

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

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

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

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

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

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

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

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

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

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

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

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

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

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.