Places Will Wants to Go

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

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

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

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

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

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.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

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

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

The second-highest train station in Europe.

The largest underground lake in Europe.

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

The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.

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

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

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

A tiny rural community in Switzerland was home to one of history's most shocking murders, and led to the banning of Absinthe for nearly a century.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

An abandoned village that resides along the mountains of the Aosta Valley.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.