Zurich's evolution museum hosts a unique collection of skeletons among its natural history treasures.

Its vast collection of wondrous gadgets details the fascinating history of information technology.

This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.

Natural history museum displaying a famous taxidermied St. Bernard.

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

Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.

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

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

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

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

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

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.

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

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

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

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.