On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.

This scenic spot is known as the birthplace of Switzerland.

Explore the subjective dream of a hotel.

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

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

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

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

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

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

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

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.