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.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

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

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

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

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

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

This crack in France's seaside cliffs once hid a sinister secret.

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

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

Perched above a grotto, this tribute to Mother Nature looks out into the ocean.