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

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

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

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

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

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

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

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

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

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

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