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An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

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

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

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

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

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

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

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

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

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.