Places georgemagraw Wants to Go

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

Dedicated to a brave pooch who fought a tiger to save a young child.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

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

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

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

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

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

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

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

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

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.