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

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

The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

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

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

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

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

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

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

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

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.

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

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

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

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

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

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.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.