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

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.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

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

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

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.