Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

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

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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

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

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.