Real bones, real skulls. You've entered the "Empire of the Dead": The Catacombs. Happy Halloween!! (click the photo for more detail) Paris, France, September, 2013

He's a Joker, he's a smoker, he's a midnight toker. Las Vegas, Neveda; October, 2013.

Have you gotten your Halloween mask yet? (Click the photo for more detail) Las Vegas, Nevada; October, 2012.

It's bat season--or at least Halloweentime,which we're celebrating this week here at The Grind. Portland, Oregon; May, 2013.

The grand staircase of the Palais Garnier (Opera House). We took dozens of photos in this grand building, which is very much worth touring. Paris, France; September, 2013.

Sunset over the Sound. (Click the photo for more detail & to get a much better look at those wispy clouds) Pensacola, Florida; August, 2013.

A sailboat heads out toward Elizabeth Bay in the early morning. Vancouver, BC, Canada; April, 2013.

There are probably more photographs of this Japanese maple on the Internet than any other Japanese maple on the planet. This pic is from a slightly different angle than most. (Click on the photo for more detail) Japanese Gardens, Portland, Oregon; October, 2013.

Autumn is certainly falling around out this way. Beaver Marsh along US Highway 99 in rural Klamath County, Oregon; October, 2013.

The Louvre at the end of the Champs-Elysee. (Click the photo to get a much better sense of just how massive that building is) Paris, France; September, 2013.

The Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial. (Click the photo for more detail) Washington, DC; August, 2013.

Steampunk reality at the old paper mill. Oregon City, Oregon; October, 2013.

Sailing toward the Golden Gate. (Click the photo for more deatal) San Francisco, California; July, 2013.

Autumnal colors are beginning to show themselves here in the Pacific Northwest. Clackamas, Oregon; October, 2012.

The city out the window: A view from the our apartment looking westerly. It rained most days on this trip. (Click on the photo for more detail). Paris, France; September, 2013.

La Defense, the major financial district, taken from the top of the Arc de Triomphe. If one turns directly around, a view of the Champs-Elysee is offered. Paris, France; September, 2013.

A boat takes tourists down a nighttime cruise of The Seine as the light from atop the Eiffel Tower searches the skyline. (Click on the photo for more detail) Paris France; September, 2013.

A personable busker plays sweet, French accordian music in an unnamed square next to a restaurant in the heart of Montmartre. Paris, France; September, 2013.

Although we'll come back to Paris throughout the year, this will be the last of our consecutive weeks of photos dedicated to the City of Lights. This one of the fountain and back of Notre Dame was taken from Square Jean-XXIII. Paris, France, September, 2013.

A view of the village and the medieval cathedral taken from the village's keep. Provins, France; September, 2013.

Anyone who has seen the terrific and beloved film Amalie knows this is where our heroine purchased her vegetables. Montmartre, Paris, France; September, 2013.

Inside the Royal Chapell, Palace of Versailles. (Click the photo for more detail)  Just outside of Paris, France; September, 2013.

Gold leafed statuary atop one of the columns on the Pont Alexander III. (Click on the photo for more detail) Paris, France; September, 2013.