The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

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

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

A tower-like theater in the Swiss Alps built to withstand the high winds and avalanches of the mountain pass.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

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

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

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

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

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

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

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

When you've got to go, you've got to go.