This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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 French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

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

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

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

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

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

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

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

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

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

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

Guests can stay at a hotel in the former French abbey where lie the tombs of King Henry II and King Richard the Lionheart.

Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.