Bois de Vincennes, the “Eastern Lung of Paris,” is not only one of the largest, most breathtaking natural wooded areas, it also comes from a rich history and is a place of peace, learning,…

Café de Flore: one of the oldest surviving literary cafés. Its hallowed walls are a testament to over one hundred years of knowledge, and creativity. Intelligent dreamers, banded together under the…

Paris in the 1800s was a time of grand historical figures, disputes of religion, the call of revolution, and, of course, extravagant architecture. As many Parisians believed during this time, “there…

In the city of Paris lies Montmartre, an area well known for its artistic history and young cultural crowd. In a city full of decades and decades of artists and bright minds, many who have passed have…

Cimetiere du Montparnasse is the perfect forum to interact with some of the characterful deceased residents of Paris; don’t forget your metro ticket and lipstick!

In 1965, an excavation began on the plaza, or parvis in French, in front of Notre Dame to prepare for a subterranean parking lot. The excavation continued until 1972 and unearthed an area larger than…

The church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis is marked by drama. Its bold Baroque facade stands in stark contrast to the modest appearance of the many houses and apartments lining the busy avenue of Rue…

The Fondation Louis Vuitton began as nothing more than some abstract scribbles on a page. Now it holds the title for one of the most interesting pieces of architecture in Paris, and possibly, the…

A proposal to restructure the Gare du Nord has led to controversy. The proposed project cost roughly 660 million American dollars (600 million Euro) in the late 2010s. The station is around 400,000…

Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire was not only a French Roman Catholic priest, but during the French Revolution he became an important figure as a constitutional bishop and a member of the National…