Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

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

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds 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.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

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.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

BDSM, 1930s Style.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.