This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

A memorial to a 19th-century composer who was known for driving crowds wild.

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.

A statue of the Swiss cartoon character stands outside the school that inspired his creator.

A plain wooden seat that once belonged to one of the most prominent figures of the Protestant Reformation.

On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.

The most impressive of Basel's three remaining city gates.

A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.

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

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

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

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

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

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.