Places akiraa1 Wants to Go

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

These dilapidated planes are now a canvas for graffiti artists.

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's airship docked here before leading the first-ever flight over the North Pole.

Browse an impressive collection of passenger and military aircraft dating back to World War II.

A memorial dedicated to a tragic World War II aviation accident.

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

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

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.