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Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

The largest underground lake in Europe.

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

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

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

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

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

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This small, easily-overlooked sculpture recalls the first time Graz saw a live elephant.

The medieval "dragon" on an Austrian city's coat-of-arms comes to life in a fountain.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

English-speaking soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II, before the town’s name changed.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The narrowest street in Paris.

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

The remains of a 13th-century Romanesque church lie abandoned on a hillside.