One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

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

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

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

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

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

A gruesome combat between a hunter and a furious momma bear.

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

An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.

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

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

This Algerian sweet shop serves confections in an eye-popping array of hues.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

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

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

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

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

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