Places Banderslav Wants to Go

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.

Burlesque Hospital Themed Restaurant.

A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

Rub it for a bit of good luck.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

The bridge that cost Germany a World Heritage Site.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

An extraordinary museum devoted to the pop art legend created by Slovak artists.

An open-air museum of 18th-century homes and churches transported from various villages in Southern Poland.

The hollow trunk of this 650-year-old tree was used as a hideout by two Jewish brothers during World War II.

The two abandoned overpasses are among the largest bridges in Poland.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."