The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

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

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.

A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.

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

A Swiss magician's vault of oddities.

Explore the subjective dream of a hotel.

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

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

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

An 11th-century fortress home to one of the most influential royal houses in medieval Europe.

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

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

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

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.