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

Museum featuring strange and enchanting toys of the past.

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

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

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.

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

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

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

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

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

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

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

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

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

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

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

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

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

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