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A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

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

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

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

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An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

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

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

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.