Places alessandralee Wants to Go

A Cold War secret surveillance tower used to spy on radio communications.

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

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

One of the oldest, well-preserved water treatment facilities in all of Europe.

These small, brass stones commemorate the first Roma victims of the Holocaust.

A striking, modern church devoted to a nun who loved God and beer.

This almost a century old piece of architecture had been overlooked by most, except for the drunk and the homeless

Once home to artillery, this garden offers more peace today than it did during its war-torn past.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

A colossal statue of a woman hugging a modern building.

This trio of reliefs—an ear, a mouth, and a pair of eyes—carved into the walls of flooded quarries is a monument to spying.

The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.

The smallest statue in Brno will keep you company under the clock on Česká Street.

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...

The world's oldest known salt mine.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

A pyramid in Central Europe of unknown origin.

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

The amazing wonder cabinets of a very rich Austrian archbishop.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.