Places GRH Wants to Go

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

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

Its vast collection of wondrous gadgets details the fascinating history of information technology.

A trove of ridiculously valuable prints and manuscripts under one roof.

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

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

This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.

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

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

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

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

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

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

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

A monument celebrating the Black soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry.

Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.

This massive marble memorial was built bit by bit either out of devotion or spite, but at the expense of the surrounding town.