Places Banderslav Wants to Go

A massively oversized measuring tape sculpture sits inside a hidden yard.

This small island, a byproduct of 19th-century canal construction, is now home to a charming Japanese garden.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

A massive playground in the woods of Germany.

This enormous 32-foot painting depicts Poland's greatest medieval battle in glorious detail.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.

This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."