Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

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

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

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

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

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

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

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

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

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