This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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

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

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

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

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

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

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.