Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.

A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

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

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

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

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

An unnatural lake in a naturally beautiful setting.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.