A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.

The first modern cemetery of Lyon is complete with more than 200 chapels and monuments.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

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

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

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

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

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

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

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

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

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