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

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

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

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

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

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

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

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

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

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

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

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

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.