Places claireromama Wants to Go

The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

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

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.

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

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

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.

This 15th-century church houses priceless works of art from a range of Croatian artists.

This beautiful Croatian fortress is haunted by legends of forbidden love.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.