Places BrnoChris Wants to Go

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

France's third-largest necropolis offers a peaceful respite from a busy port city.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

A ghostly mansion in the middle of downtown Tunis.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

An homage to the first Spanish cyclist to win the Tour de France.

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

At least according to the Guinness World Records.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

A controversial art piece that harkens back to local folklore.

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

This controversial statue once honoured a Russian Field Marshall, before ultimately being dismantled in a push to remove symbols of Russian influence.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.