Places Shastified Wants to Go

This medieval footbridge in the Swiss Alps is known to attract cliff-jumping daredevils.

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

The second-highest train station in Europe.

This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

A Swiss magician's vault of oddities.

This taxidermilogical collection was assembled by a peltmonger turned animal activist.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

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

Museum featuring strange and enchanting toys of the past.

Explore the subjective dream of a hotel.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

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

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

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

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

The largest underground lake in Europe.

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

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

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

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

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.