For better or worse, this whimsical sculpture garden was a favorite place of Rupert Murdoch's.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

By standing on a particular paving stone in the courtyard, you'll hear an echo that shouldn't be.

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.