This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

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

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

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

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

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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

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

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

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

Perfume museum and library.

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

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

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

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