This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

This little patch of Europe remained neutral for more than a century because of a mine.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

This tower is one of the best-preserved (and least-visited) remnants of medieval Paris.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

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

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

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

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

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

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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

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

The narrowest street in Paris.

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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