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

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.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

The narrowest street in Paris.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

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

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

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

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.