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

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

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

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

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

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

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

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.