The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The narrowest street in Paris.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

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

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

This is the real-life “Phantom of the Opera” box from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

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.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

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

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

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

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

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

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

This renovated Art Nouveau bathroom from 1905 is worth the price of admission.

A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.

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

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