The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

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

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

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

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

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

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

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

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

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

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

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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

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

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

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

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