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

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

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

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

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

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

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

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

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

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

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

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

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

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

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

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

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

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

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

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

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

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

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

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