Paris is an unforgettable place, but the City of Lights can get crowded -- and expensive. Not too far away, though, is ...

Here’s everything you need to know. Gothic architecture first emerged in mid-12th-century Paris with churches like the Basilica of Saint-Denis, which is often regarded as the birth of the style.

Explore the origins of Gothic architecture and its influence on pop culture, from churches to horror novels and movies.

The famous gargoyles of Notre-Dame, and more generally of Gothic cathedrals, are not just mystical creatures carved in stone ...

is a treasured example of French Gothic architecture and originally held Christian artifacts acquired by Louis IX. Nowhere in Paris does stained-glass windows quite as well as Sainte-Chapelle.