Places elainemellis Wants to Go

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

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

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

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

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

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

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

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.