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

An 11th-century fortress home to one of the most influential royal houses in medieval Europe.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

Where Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" and John William Polidori's "The Vampyre" were born.

The idyllic island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent “the happiest time of his life.”

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers.

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

What this Good Friday parade lacks in baroque filigree it makes up in somber gothic imagery.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.