A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

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

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.

Behold the uncanny sight of the Golden Arches—rendered in black.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.