Take the most scenic fjord landscape in Norway and add dramatic red cliffs, warm clear water, and playful dolphins.

This beautifully restored fortification kept the city safe for centuries.

Nature's water park in the Wadi Bani Awf valley is full of pools flanked with cliffs and natural water slides.

This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.

An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

The famed architect's minimalist home for his parents stands as a blueprint for his later architectural marvels.

Study the Alien etchings in this fountain while you refill your water bottle.

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.

This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.

This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

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

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.