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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Featuring Zürich's only authentic 14th-century plague doctor's uniform!

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

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

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

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

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.