Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

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

Everything from alchemy books to building plans for the Eiffel Tower are housed inside this museum.

The largest underground lake in Europe.

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

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

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

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

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

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

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

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

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

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

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

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

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

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

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

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