Places johnw404 Wants to Go

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

This peaceful park saw the beginning of an extraterrestrial invasion in H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds.'

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

This towering monument is dedicated in memory of a most unusually named, yet heroic, horse.

The final resting place of a miniature monkey.

A quasi-futuristic roof sits atop a medieval Bohemian monastery damaged during World War II.

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

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

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

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

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

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

Three young men who lived on this street are honored for their service during World War I.

Dedicated to the writer who immortalized the use of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance of those who died in wars.