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

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

The site where two doves fell in love.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

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

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

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

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.

According to local legends, a monstrous worm once wrapped itself around this hill by the River Wear.