A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

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

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

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

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

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