A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

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

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

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.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Site of the first radio and telephone broadcasting companies in Copenhagen.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.