Places curly nomad Wants to Go

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A statue of the Swiss cartoon character stands outside the school that inspired his creator.

These spindly, stone-capped formations are the product of glacial deposits and thousands of years of erosion.

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

A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.

The most impressive of Basel's three remaining city gates.

This little museum is packed with information about the region's past and present biodiversity.

The gravestone of a famous poet features a fittingly poetic epitaph chosen by the writer himself.

Switzerland's oldest public observatory is an important part of the Zurich cityscape.

The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.

The second-highest train station in Europe.

Walk down these stairs to get an underwater view of Switzerland's Lake Zug.

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

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

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

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

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

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