Places johnw404 Wants to Go

Nestled within a German forest is an intriguing, growing rock.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

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

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.

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

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

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

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.