Places LaGiumenta7 Wants to Go

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

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

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

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

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

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

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.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

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

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

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

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

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

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

The unusually large seat sits atop the base of a ruined temple.