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

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

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

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

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

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

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

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

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.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

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

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

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

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

The history of German architecture is explored across this fairy-scale mini-city.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Hidden well off the beaten path in Catalonia is this crumbling medieval castle that is slowly being covered in graffiti.

This remote location of this Moorish stronghold means it doesn’t attract many tourists—and that it still has the aura of fear and bravery of the 1300s.