Linz, Austria
Grottenbahn
Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.
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Linz, Austria
Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.
Riegersburg, Austria
A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.
Vienna, Austria
Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.
Tal, Austria
Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.
Tarrenz, Austria
Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.
Wattens, Austria
Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.
Vienna, Austria
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Seegräben, Switzerland
Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.
Zurich, Switzerland
Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
Frankfurt, Germany
After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.
Neuss, Germany
Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.
Dusseldorf, Germany
A varied collection of brains in alcohol.
Rottweil, Germany
Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.
Haigerloch, Germany
Stuffed people arranged in unsettling scenes give a voyeuristic glimpse of life within a historic old hotel.
Olomouc, Czechia
Crammed inside this grounded passenger plane is a bar that was once a Communist hang out and is now a ratty relic.
Terezín, Czechia
Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.
Prague, Czechia
Dedicated to the "father of modern education," this museum documents the history of education in Czechia.
Prague, Czechia
One of the oldest, well-preserved water treatment facilities in all of Europe.
Týnec nad Sázavou, Czechia
This Czech military museum is home to pink tank that was once a symbol of art and political rebellion.
Cvikov, Czechia
The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.
Český Krumlov, Czechia
Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.
Brno, Czechia
A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.
Adršpach, Czechia
Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
Vilémovice, Czechia
The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”