This funerary monument to the guillotined king and queen of France became a political lightning rod and a site of pilgrimage for French monarchists.

The only remaining vespasienne in Paris is a (stinky) relic of Resistance.

This charming, flower-filled, paved cul-de-sac is filled with artists' studio-houses built in the 1920s.

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.

A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.

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

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

The site where two doves fell in love.

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

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

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

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

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.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

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

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

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

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

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