For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

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

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

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

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.

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

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

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

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

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.