Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

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

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

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

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

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

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

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

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

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.