A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

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

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

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

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

A melancholy jester sits on the grave of a famous 20th-century ballet dancer and choreographer.

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

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

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

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

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

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

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

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

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

The site where two doves fell in love.

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.

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

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

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