Estavayer-le-Lac
Estavayer-le-Lac
This small resort on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel has a perfectly preserved medieval centre, but the real allure is its collection of 130-year-old frogs in the Regional Museum. The stuffed slimeys are the work of 19th-century eccentric, François Perrier, who spent much of his leisure time killing frogs, preserving their skins, and filling them with sand.
He then arranged the frogs in parodies of human situations - courting, studying, playing games, etc - and ornamented them with props. Go figure.