The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

The world's longest known cave system.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."