A tiny rural community in Switzerland was home to one of history's most shocking murders, and led to the banning of Absinthe for nearly a century.

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

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

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

Museum featuring strange and enchanting toys of the past.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

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

The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

Explore the subjective dream of a hotel.

A permanent exhibition honors Queen, which recorded seven albums at the casino-based studio, including “Under Pressure” with David Bowie.

The idyllic island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent “the happiest time of his life.”

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.