Places daveschaaf Wants to Go

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

The history and future of cannabis.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

In the Netherlands, one of the world's largest private car collections can be found.

The world's largest private telescope collection hides in a secret wing of a Dutch auto museum.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

The birthplace of most all of Europe's space missions is here on the Dutch coast.

The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

Once the world's biggest telescope, it was later used as a coat hanger by a famous Dutch astronomer.

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

A palatial former bank building now houses what may be the poshest art venue (and former Tesco) in Belfast.

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.