This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

A statue of the Swiss cartoon character stands outside the school that inspired his creator.

A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.

This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

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

The largest underground lake in Europe.

The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

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

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

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

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