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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.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the 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.

This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.