Beautiful carved tunnels.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

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

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

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.