Places Jes Wants to Go

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.

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

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

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

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

17th century palace once a meeting place for politicians.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.

Religious structure known for its sculpted details.

This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.