A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

The idyllic island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent “the happiest time of his life.”

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

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

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

A permanent exhibition honors Queen, which recorded seven albums at the casino-based studio, including “Under Pressure” with David Bowie.

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

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

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

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

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

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

A tiny rural community in Switzerland was home to one of history's most shocking murders, and led to the banning of Absinthe for nearly a century.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

A historic fire call point.

This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.