The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

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

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

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

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

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.

The world's most elegant power lines.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Spain's stunning solar energy plant.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.