Places JackalopeTamer Wants to Go

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

A massive, abstract lookout tower providing a panoramic view of Prague.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.