César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

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.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

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

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

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

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

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

Dishes are packed with flavor at one of the only Singaporean restaurants in Paris.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

The construction of a tram line unveiled hidden remnants of the old medieval city.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.