Places DrChopSuey Wants to Go

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

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

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

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.

On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

A former church transformed into a public library.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.