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.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

Part of this hotel resides in Switzerland, the other in France, and the border splits the honeymoon suite.

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

Where Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" and John William Polidori's "The Vampyre" were born.

Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

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

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

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

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

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers.

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

Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

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

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

In memory of The Blur Building, the temporary exhibition pavilion of vaporous nothingness.

A trove of ridiculously valuable prints and manuscripts under one roof.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

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

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

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