The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

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

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

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

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

This abandoned Belgian fortress is purposefully being left to nature.

Venice's island of the dead.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.