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

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

This charming fountain honors Felix Salten, the creator of the iconic storybook deer.

Standing stones found on a construction site are re-erected.

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

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

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

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

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

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

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

This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

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

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

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

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

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

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

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

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

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.