Places Edited by meganparmele

This scenic spot is known as the birthplace of Switzerland.

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.

A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.

Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.

On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.