Places AdenirJr Wants to Go

Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.

Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

A series of bronze circus performers spread throughout a Slovakian shopping center.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

A Soviet era flat that refused to conform to the dull gray standards.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

Along the edge of this fountain are 365 smaller fountains that represent the days of the year.

A non-stop elevator ride in Vienna's city hall.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This museum is dedicated to the little known ancient Roman history of Vienna.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.