This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

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

Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

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

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.