This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

The man who introduced reinforced concrete to the world demonstrated its genius by using it to build his own house.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

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

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

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

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

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