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.

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

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

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

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

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

The site where two doves fell in love.

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

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.

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

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

This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

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

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.