Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

The only tower of an aerial tramway standing over a ski-lift.

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

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

The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

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

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.

A tower-like theater in the Swiss Alps built to withstand the high winds and avalanches of the mountain pass.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

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

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

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

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

Devilish masks, handicrafts, and pieces of old buildings create a snapshot of life in a historic Alpine region.

One man's little-known private clock museum hides inside a historic farmhouse, set amidst the Austrian countryside.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, standing at this site just outside Vienna, Austria, the sky would have been found beneath your feet.