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

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

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

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

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

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

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

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

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

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

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

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

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.

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

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

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