Places Grubor Wants to Go

Art and a pun, all in one.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Early Nazi prison for political prisoners.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

A stunning Art Nouveau cinema in the heart of Budapest.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

This gem of Moorish architecture is slowly disintegrating along the coast of this charming town.

Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.

Ruins of an old water tower that look like a horror-film castle.

A well preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina.

This fresco-covered medieval monastery hangs from the side of a steep cliff.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.