Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

This medieval cathedral houses stained-glass windows featuring saints and pretzels.

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

This Late Gothic building that once housed Erasmus is now known as the filming location of "Suspiria."

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.