Ostermundigen, Switzerland
Psychiatrie-Museum Bern
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
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Ostermundigen, Switzerland
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
Bern, Switzerland
The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.
Zurich, Switzerland
One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.
Leuk, Switzerland
A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.
Botyre (Ayent), Switzerland
Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.
Bern, Switzerland
This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.
Vallorbe, Switzerland
Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.
Bourg-en-Lavaux, Switzerland
Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.
Zurich, Switzerland
A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.
Martigny, Switzerland
Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.
Mülenen, Switzerland
Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.
Leuk, Switzerland
For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.
Geneva, Switzerland
Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Schattenhalb, Switzerland
The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
Andermatt, Switzerland
A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."
Schwyz, Switzerland
The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.
St. Gallen, Switzerland
This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Beatenberg, Switzerland
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.