Places nejuum Wants to Go

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

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

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

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

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

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

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

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

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

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

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

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.

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

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

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

The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.

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

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

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.

This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.