Places nowickid Wants to Go

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.

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

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

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

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

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

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

The former global standard for the exact mass of one kilogram sits under lock and key outside Paris.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.

A total of 22 tiny bridges cross this canal of the Yvette River, forming a unique trail.

18th century underground pilgrimage site, dedicated to a Saint that did something...