Places IanFry Wants to Go

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

A futuristic rocket marks the spot where three borders meet.

This 42-foot tribute to the workforce still reminds us to pause and recharge.

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

The most impressive of Basel's three remaining city gates.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.

The sole surviving medieval street cross in Scarborough.

Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.

Beautiful portraits of the artist's children and his amazing stained glass windows in the Art Nouveau style.

A Soviet era flat that refused to conform to the dull gray standards.

Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.

Where visitors can play more than 150 retro arcade games.

A 19th-century pharmacy converted into a bookstore.

This cemetery of rusting Soviet-era steam locomotives and train cars offers an apocalyptic glimpse into a bygone era.

An underground city beneath Krakow's postwar socialist utopia.