Today: The glory — and agony — of receiving top-shelf tennis instruction at a resort in the Swiss Alps. Plus:

• Spooky travel: Stay the night at these hotels — if you dare.
• Trek through Germany’s Black Forest: Unearth the secrets of the cult-favorite gin brand.

The Bürgenstock Lesson

We recently sent our racquet correspondent to Switzerland for some court time in the clouds.

Beau Dealy took two private lessons with one of the world's premier tennis instructors at the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, a five-star playground nearly 3,000 feet above sea level. The place has saltwater pools, Europe's highest outdoor elevator (once featured in Goldfinger) and, of course, an iconic tennis facility — called The Diamond Domes.

Between those lines, Dealy found pockets of glory and agony, and used the opportunity to reflect on his lifelong relationship with the sport.

Last week, we asked which of these pairings sound the most appealing. You said:

• Nero d’Avola with grilled pizza (15%)
• Sauvignon blanc with grilled oysters (22%)
• Malbec with carne asada (29%)
• Cabernet sauvignon with grilled burgers (34%)

Sleep Tight at These Hotels in Former Psychiatric Hospitals and Jails

Haunted hotels are a booming business. But for travelers not content with a simple ghost, there’s always lodging with a darker past. In the era of restoration and renovation, defunct buildings have seen new life all over the world, from an old post office-turned-food hall to churches reborn as breweries. Hotels, too, have emerged in places you might not expect, including in buildings that once imprisoned criminals and experimented with psychiatric therapies.

For travelers guided by morbid curiosity, these boutique hotels afford the unique opportunity to sleep in former jail cells or hospital rooms — but, you know, with amenities. From a castle-like property in Buffalo, New York, to a Colonial-era Bostonian prison, here are eight hotels with haunting histories.

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The Latest Monkey 47 Gin Has a Truly Unexpected Ingredient

Monkey 47 isn’t afraid to go where no gin company has gone before. That much is clear with the release of the ultra-premium dry gin producer’s new Distiller’s Cut No. 14, a yearly special-edition launch spruced up with an often mind-boggling, highly unusual botanical (or “species rara”).

There are indeed 47 botanicals in Monkey 47 gin. Its regular ingredients include more traditional offerings like juniper along with lavender, spruce and cloves, providing a springboard of sorts for experimentation. But its latest “secret ingredient” is enough to warrant a double-take: capers.