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

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

Lucerne's central prison was converted into a tourist hotel with a bare minimum of changes.

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

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

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

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

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

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

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

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

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

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

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

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

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

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

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

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

Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.