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

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

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

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

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

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

The former home of France's controversial pop maestro is almost completely covered in ever-changing tributes and graffiti.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

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

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

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