Minnesota's highest point is a scenic vista marked by a plaque and armies of mosquitoes.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

Nicknamed the "Museum of Horrors," this French anatomical collection has been fascinating visitors for over a century.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Its vast collection of wondrous gadgets details the fascinating history of information technology.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

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

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.

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

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

A trove of ridiculously valuable prints and manuscripts under one roof.

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

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.