Places Spyros K Wants to Go

An 11th-century fortress home to one of the most influential royal houses in medieval Europe.

Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.

The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.

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.

A tower-like theater in the Swiss Alps built to withstand the high winds and avalanches of the mountain pass.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

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

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

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

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

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

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.