A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

A tiny rural community in Switzerland was home to one of history's most shocking murders, and led to the banning of Absinthe for nearly a century.

Featuring Zürich's only authentic 14th-century plague doctor's uniform!

This medieval footbridge in the Swiss Alps is known to attract cliff-jumping daredevils.

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

The largest underground lake in Europe.

This ossuary is more than five centuries old and is heralded as one of the finest in Switzerland.

Standing stones found on a construction site are re-erected.

One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.