Pringy, Switzerland
La Maison du Gruyère
Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.
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Pringy, Switzerland
Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.
Geneva, Switzerland
This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.
Geneva, Switzerland
On the side of a building, a depiction of the woman who became a local legend by tossing soup out her window.
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.
Geneva, Switzerland
The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds.
Meyrin, Switzerland
CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Pompeii, Italy
Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.
São Miguel, Portugal
Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Atlanta, Georgia
Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.
Leesburg, Virginia
Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.
Paris, France
The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Terceira Island, Portugal
One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.
Sterling, Virginia
These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.
Lagoa, Portugal
Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.
Porto, Portugal
Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Sintra, Portugal
An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.