The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

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

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

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

A museum dedicated to linguistics, from how babies learn to talk to endangered and extinct languages.

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

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

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

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

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

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

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

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

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

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

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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