Places roeltersteeg Wants to Go

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

Most powerful transmitter in Germany only broadcasts in the French language.

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."

For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church.

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

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Everything from alchemy books to building plans for the Eiffel Tower are housed inside this museum.

The only tower of an aerial tramway standing over a ski-lift.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

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

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

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

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

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

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

World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers.

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

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

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

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

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

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