In memory of The Blur Building, the temporary exhibition pavilion of vaporous nothingness.

Its collection commemorates the author of the iconic children's book "Heidi."

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

The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.

Along the Rhine, about a mile from the historic Munster, learn the heartrending story of two lovers torn asunder, cast into unknown layers of time and space.

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

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

An amazing clockwork museum in the Val de Travers holds examples of various prestigious legacies horological history.

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

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.

This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.

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

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

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

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.

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

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

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

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

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