Places gavinsparby Wants to Go

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, standing at this site just outside Vienna, Austria, the sky would have been found beneath your feet.

This museum is dedicated to the little known ancient Roman history of Vienna.

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

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

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

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

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

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

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

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

A medieval stronghold rising over the ruins of ancient Roman villas along Rome's southern coast.

Also known as the Temple of Poseidon, this is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.

Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.