Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

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

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

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

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

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

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

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

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.