Places exploringwithkatie Wants to Go

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

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

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

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

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

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

A cableway for car transport.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

While most shipwrecks are submerged, this ship in Cyprus ran ashore.

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

More than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from across the globe call this museum home.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

Ancient stone dildos and other odd pieces of medical history are displayed at this quirky Cyprus gem.

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

One of Serbia's oldest luxury hotels and a nostalgic echo to Yugoslavia in the state's former capital.

Artists made this mosque into a marvel of Ottoman baroque architecture.

Visit an imposing 13th-century Transylvanian citadel lurking not far from the region's more heavily touristed attractions.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

An impressive century-old, to-scale topographical map of Guatemala.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.