This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

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

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

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.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

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

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

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

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

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

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

Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.

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

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.