Mountains in Switzerland

Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.

Visit Europe's largest subterranean waterfall, carved by water from the glaciers of the towering peaks surrounding the valley.

This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.

This medieval footbridge in the Swiss Alps is known to attract cliff-jumping daredevils.

The second-highest train station in Europe.

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

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

A tower-like theater in the Swiss Alps built to withstand the high winds and avalanches of the mountain pass.

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

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

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

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

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