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

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

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

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

An amazing collection of rare wind instruments where visitors can give the iconic Swiss Alphorn a toot.

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

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

A unique exhibit lets blind people experience famous works of art and architecture with their hands.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.