A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

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

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

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

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

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

World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers.

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

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

Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.

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

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

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.