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

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

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

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

The original home of the Lego has a huge amusement park dedicated to the iconic plastic toy.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.