Places stenaavel Wants to Go

If James Bond bungee-jumped off the side of a 720-foot dam, would you do it too?

What this Good Friday parade lacks in baroque filigree it makes up in somber gothic imagery.

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

Created by a pair of artists, this former hotel was designed to provide a minimum of everything including comfort.

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

The second-highest train station in Europe.

This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.

Explore the subjective dream of a hotel.

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

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

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

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

Constructed along the shores of Lake Zurich, this pavilion is a walk-through work of art.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

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

Abbey built on the ruins of Roman catacombs.

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

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

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

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

The largest underground lake in Europe.

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.

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