The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

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

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

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

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

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

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

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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

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

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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

This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.