Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

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

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.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

A treasure trove of audio technology, from wax cylinders to juke boxes and record players.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

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

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

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

A gruesome combat between a hunter and a furious momma bear.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

The only remaining vespasienne in Paris is a (stinky) relic of Resistance.

Former home to Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka's dazzling Art Deco duplex studio.

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