Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

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

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

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

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

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

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

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

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

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

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 first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

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

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

Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

Antique cinematography artifacts fill this museum dedicated to the inventors of the moving picture.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.