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

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

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

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

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

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

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

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

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

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

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

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

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

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

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

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.