Places nowickid Wants to Go

The world's oldest known salt mine.

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.

This medieval church in a small Austrian village is home to a 700-year-old Mickey Mouse lookalike.

German and American troops joined forces to defend this fortress during the strangest battle of World War II.

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

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

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

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

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.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

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

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

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

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

An amazing collection of rare wind instruments where visitors can give the iconic Swiss Alphorn a toot.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

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