Ostermundigen, Switzerland
Psychiatrie-Museum Bern
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
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Ostermundigen, Switzerland
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
Bern, Switzerland
The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.
Zurich, Switzerland
One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.
Vevey, Switzerland
At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.
Zurich, Switzerland
One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.
Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland
150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Schattenhalb, Switzerland
The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Barcelona, Spain
Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Čičmany, Slovakia
A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.
Višňové, Slovakia
The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
Scorțoasa, Romania
A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.
Sinaia, Romania
This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.
Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.