Where Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" and John William Polidori's "The Vampyre" were born.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

The second-highest train station in Europe.

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

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

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This is one really big nut.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.