This statue has a painful history, but activists have since recontextualized it as a way to educate visitors about the dangers posed by fascist regimes.

The old castle kitchen where nucleic acid was first isolated is considered the "cradle of biochemistry."

One of the world's oldest fossil exhibits is on display in a beautiful antique "naturalienkabinett."

This giant statue of a vulva became internationally famous after an American exchange student got stuck in it.

This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

A permanent exhibition honors Queen, which recorded seven albums at the casino-based studio, including “Under Pressure” with David Bowie.

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

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

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.

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

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.