Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

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

The second-highest train station in Europe.

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

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

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

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

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

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

This Roman monument is surrounded by more recent construction, offering a stark contrast between ancient architecture and the modern urban landscape.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

The middle finger of modernity.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.