Places joannakouk Wants to Go

A haunting medieval mural of the Danse Macabre graces the walls of this church.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

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

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

Local folklore claims that this wall was not built for defense, but to provide labor during a time of famine.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

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

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

This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

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

The only Ottoman Mosque in Attica outside central Athens.

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

This lesser-visited World Heritage site in Athens boasts an impressive ensemble of medieval gold mosaics.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

A once drab public housing estate is transformed into a colorful gallery of trompe l’oeil murals.