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

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

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

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

A tower-like theater in the Swiss Alps built to withstand the high winds and avalanches of the mountain pass.

The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.

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

Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

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.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

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.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

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

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

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