Places Zackle Wants to Go

Two bronze wolves atop this large rock honor the "Wolves of Tuscany" brigade of World War I.

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

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

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

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

During the French annexation, 36 prisoners were executed using this device.

A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.

A journey through every aspect of the human body.

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

Museum featuring strange and enchanting toys of the past.

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

A Swiss magician's vault of oddities.

A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

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

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

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

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

The largest underground lake in Europe.

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

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

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

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