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This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

These ramparts, once lined with towers, were constructed in defense of Beaune.

This hidden garden boasts amazing views of Lyon.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Lyon's "Wall of the Silk Weavers" is one of the largest murals in Europe.

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

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

A permanent exhibition honors Queen, which recorded seven albums at the casino-based studio, including “Under Pressure” with David Bowie.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

Every year, a sparkling cave is sculpted in the icy heart of a glacier.

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

An ancient theatre in the "little Rome of the Alps."

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.

A perfectly preserved example of a fortified Medieval ricetto.

This trail was once used to smuggle cigarettes, sugar, and other black market goods between Italy and Switzerland.

If James Bond bungee-jumped off the side of a 720-foot dam, would you do it too?

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.