An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.

Featuring Zürich's only authentic 14th-century plague doctor's uniform!

This little museum is packed with information about the region's past and present biodiversity.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

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

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

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

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

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

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