A picturesque vertical garden provides respite from the bustling streets of Bordeaux.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

A Roman amphitheatre turned meeting spot for witches.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

A memorial to a 19th-century composer who was known for driving crowds wild.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

A plain wooden seat that once belonged to one of the most prominent figures of the Protestant Reformation.

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

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. 

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

The birthplace of a famous steak sauce still keeps its recipe a secret.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

The 21st century revival of one of the Olympic Games' oldest traditions, and its legacy.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.