A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

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

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

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

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

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

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

Where Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" and John William Polidori's "The Vampyre" were born.

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

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.