Places alessandralee Wants to Go

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

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

A Swiss amusement park entirely dedicated to the theory of ancient astronauts.

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

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

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

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

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

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

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

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

A Swiss magician's vault of oddities.

Denmark's famous pseudo-hill.

Hotel designed by indie graphics artists.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

When this Iron Age bog body was discovered in 1835, it was thought that she had died recently.

The largest collection of hair jewelry in Europe reminds you how creepy 19th-century love was.

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.

This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.

The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.

A whimsical sculpture garden right out of a children's storybook.