On November 30, 1900, the writer/bon vivant Oscar Wilde expired at this location at the age of 46 from cerebral meningitis. Of the location (then called Hôtel d'Alsace), Wilde said:

"My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go."

Jim Morrison stayed at this location when he first arrived in Paris in March of 1971 before he moved to the right bank address of 17 rue Beautreillis.

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In 1971, a music-industry weary Jim Morrison moved with his partner, Pam Courson, to Paris to pursue writing. Originally staying at the L'Hotel at 13 rue des Beaux-Arts, Morrsion and Courson moved to this apartment near the Place de la Bastille (where the Bastille Prison used to stand) and the Père Lachaise Cemetery (where Morrison would eventually end up).

By this point in his life, Morrison was drinking 2 to 3 bottles of whiskey a day, so the writing was not as prolific as anticipated.

On the night of his death, Morrison and Courson went to see the Robert Mitchum movie Pursued. They returned to the apartment, drifting off to some of Morrison's home movies. Courson awoke to Morrison coughing up blood in the bathroom. She offered to call a medic, but Morrison declined, saying that he wanted to take a bath.

Courson drew a bath for Morrison, then went to bed. She found him dead at 8:00 am, July 3, 1971. He was 27 years old.

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In Inception, the bridge that Ariadne (Ellen Page) creates in her dream out of mirrors is the pont de Bir-Hakeim that crosses the Seine River in Paris. Recreating locations in your dreams using memories of real places is dangerous, so don't ever do it.

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Café Debussy, as seen in Inception the first time when Ariadne (Ellen Page) doesn't know she is dreaming and then right after when she bends Paris over on top of itself, was actually the restaurant Da Stuzzi not far from the Eiffel Tower.

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Located in Cimetière du Père, the largest and most well-known cemetery in Paris, Jim Morrison's grave plot is in Division 6. He was laid to rest on July 9, 1971.

The grave had no marking until French officials put a shield over it, which was stolen in 1973. A bronze bust was donated by a Croatian sculpter in 1981, but was defaced then stolen in 1988.

Many people leave empty bottles of booze and drug needles at the grave, but you won't because you're a nice person.

There are guided tours and maps available at the entrance of the cemetery.

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