Places Ell Hughes Wants to Go

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Venice's island of the dead.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.

An exquisite panometer representing Dresden as it was from 1695 to 1760.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

Annual technopop celebration of peace and love.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

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

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

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.