The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

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

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

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

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

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

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.