This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.

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

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

The tallest mountain in mainland Netherlands isn't actually very tall.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

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

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.