"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

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

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

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

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

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

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

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.