Places piegem Wants to Go

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

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

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

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

This simple apartment may have inspired some of the most important theories in the history of science.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

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

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

This small electronics museum is full of whirring, humming, clicking ephemera.

The only remaining wind-powered paper mill in the world.

The hands on this clock appear to be created by two workers sweeping debris into careful positions.

This vast World War II defense line was the site of a fierce battle.

An interactive museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the home computer.

This unique sculpture proved invaluable when it saved a train from careening off the tracks.

This enormous storm barrier is one of the largest moving structures on Earth, with each arm taller than the Washington Monument.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

This functional solar system model was inspired by the famous Eisinga Planetarium.

This steel frame is a skeletal mirage of a lost 16th-century stone building.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.