Cue James Bond theme for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service because this is the peak where it was filmed. The Piz Gloria is perched on the top of the Schilthorn at nearly 3000m above sea level, but if it wasn’t for the Bond film it might have never been completed. Read more…
At over 1,700m above sea level, Hoher Kasten has the third highest revolving restaurant in the country beaten only by the ones on Saas Fee and the Schilthorn. Located in Appenzell Innerrhoden, which itself is surrounded by Appenzell Ausserrhoden on three sides, which itself is surrounded entirely by St. Gallen, Read more…
Like the Matterhorn, the Pilatus is a famous mountain in Switzerland reaching over 2,100m above sea level. It has two cable cars and the world’s steepest cogwheel railway to bring you up and down without breaking a sweat. Though if you want to reach the summit at 2,128m you’ll have Read more…
If you’re heading East towards Yellowstone National Park on the scenic and tricky US-14, then you have to take the time to stop by and touch real dinosaur tracks. Discovered only near the turn of the 21st century, the dinosaur tracks are very well preserved in what used to be Read more…
You know that really famous picture of a little stone arch bridge on a middle of nowhere cliff called the Bastei bridge? Yep, that’s Saxon Switzerland that looks like its straight from an Avatar movie. Although it has Switzerland in its name the entirety of the national park lies in Read more…
As beautiful as the Niagara Falls may be, the price of beauty is $20. I wouldn’t risk parking at the $12 lots just up the slope though because whenever you have to walk down to see the falls you’ll always have to hike back up to get your car. At Read more…