There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

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

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

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

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

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

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

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

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

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

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

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

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