Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

An army of sleeping knights sculpted by a self-taught local artist beautifully depict an old Czech legend.

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.

This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

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

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

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

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.