Places johnw404 Wants to Go

An open-air art gallery that aims to share the stories of the people who live around it.

This lonely Lithuanian chapel looks more beautiful and haunting in decline than it ever did in life.

An impressive ensemble of sculptures that survived the Soviet regime.

Described as one of the Baltic region’s most daring and original construction projects.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

This gravestone tells the tragic tale of its occupant's death.

Legend says that Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth to throw at his wife, leaving behind this round valley.

The grave of the mythical giant who stole from wealthy bakers to give to the poor.

A woman facing death for bearing a child out of wedlock lifted this massive stone as her legacy.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.

A gruesome combat between a hunter and a furious momma bear.

This tower is one of the best-preserved (and least-visited) remnants of medieval Paris.

For more than a century, revolutionary graffiti has marked the wall of a Parisian church.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

This lesser-known Frank Gehry building houses a treasure trove of cinema history.