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

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

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

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

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

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

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

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

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

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

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

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.