This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

This colossal couch is an unlikely monument to Europe's first female Doctor of Law.

This taxidermilogical collection was assembled by a peltmonger turned animal activist.

This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

A set of 13th and 14th century standardized bread measures.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

Located in a heritage building, this Mickey D's is missing its Golden Arches.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

The great Danube river starts here.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

These spindly, stone-capped formations are the product of glacial deposits and thousands of years of erosion.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

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

This medieval footbridge in the Swiss Alps is known to attract cliff-jumping daredevils.

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

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

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

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