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

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

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Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

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

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

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.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

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.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

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.

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

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.