A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

Wall after wall of this French seaside neighborhood is intricately decorated with seashells and corals.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

A sanctuary for wolves in a community which once trembled in fear of the murderous "Beast of Gévaudan."

Since ancient times these picturesque springs have been providing bathers with healing waters.

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

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

Beautiful carved tunnels.

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

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.