This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.

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

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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

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

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 site where two doves fell in love.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

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

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

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

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

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

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

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