Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

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

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

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

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

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

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

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

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

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

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

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

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

The site where two doves fell in love.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.