This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

The largest underground lake in Europe.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

Along the Rhine, about a mile from the historic Munster, learn the heartrending story of two lovers torn asunder, cast into unknown layers of time and space.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

A thought-provoking outdoor art installation sits in the seat of German law.

The largest mosque in Germany.

This large sculpture of white plates and forms is actually a huge sound amplifier.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

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.

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

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

Visitors are treated to a stained glass kaleidoscope interior inside this work of art.

This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.