An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

This 130-year-old, steam locomotive represents the Spanish industrial and agricultural boom of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Vibrant street art created with mixed media.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A French museum of wrought iron.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

This 1,400-year-old abbey was once a powerhouse for music and intellectualism known across Normandy.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.