Abandoned medieval hill town.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.

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

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

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

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

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.

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

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