This trail was once used to smuggle cigarettes, sugar, and other black market goods between Italy and Switzerland.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

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

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

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

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

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

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

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

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

Money made from smuggling sugar helped create this wondrous rock maze in honor of the Prussian Queen Louise.