If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

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

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

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

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

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

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

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

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

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

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

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.