A huge teapot illuminates a home for the elderly.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

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 secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

The bizarre rocks of Đavolja Varoš are the result of natural erosion.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

This region of Slovakia boasts some of the most plentiful opal mines in the world.

Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

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

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

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

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

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

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

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."