Places dacolomb Wants to Go

Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.

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

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

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

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

These ruins on Mont Tantané dates back to the Iron Age, but there is limited evidence for why a village was built so far from water or other resources.

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

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

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

For centuries this cliffside aqueduct was believed to be of Roman origin, but it actually dates to the medieval era.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

An abandoned village that resides along the mountains of the Aosta Valley.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."