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

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.

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

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

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

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.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

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

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Don't worry, they don't use antique scissors.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St. John's Precinct and Market.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.