Places clpartin Wants to Go

Admire dozens of life-size animals made from old scrap metal, nuts, screws, and valves.

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.

Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

For decades, Hungary's Communist Party insisted this gulag had never existed.

An abandoned cable car station located on the Danube stands like a haunted house above the river.

Take a hike to this unique rock formation formed by lava flows.