Mona Lisa Restaurant, the dim-lit French Quarter pizzeria with walls covered in renditions of Leonardo da Vinci’s 16-century ...

And just as it’s hard to go to Paris without seeing the Louvre, it’s hard to go to the Louvre without seeing the Mona Lisa.

Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.