Places katehawes Wants to Go

One of Vienna’s oldest (and perhaps most haunted) alleys, allegedly with a bloody past that gave it its name.

Cross mysteriously appeared for 36 years.

Austria's 5-star prison.

Narrow-gauge railway with its own personal power grid.

These relics of the city's past now exist as a prominent modern feature.

These are probably the most beautifully crafted toilets you've ever seen.

A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

Journey through a mesmerizing array of board games inside this museum.

A three-shelf library serves as a memorial in the Jewish cemetery of Krems.

A non-stop elevator ride in Vienna's city hall.

This spire on an Austrian mountain is wrapped around a long spiral slide and has the world's tallest wooden observation deck.

A unique opportunity to stay the night in retrofitted sections of sewer pipe.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.

Along the edge of this fountain are 365 smaller fountains that represent the days of the year.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.