With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

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

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

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

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.