Places soimlostagain Wants to Go

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.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

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

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

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

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

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

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

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

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

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

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

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

A carved grave marker from the 2nd century is mounted in the alcove wall of this Bavarian church.

The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.