Places lilpuddanesca Wants to Go

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

The ruins of a medieval bridge are visible inside a Prague Metro station.

Czech architects borrow from the nest design of the stork to revitalize a farmstead, hoping to inspire the same loyalty the birds had shown.

This pink tractor statue pays tribute to a legendary underground punk band.

Human figures and faces are carved into the sandstone surrounding this cave in Czechia.

Stroll past dozens of intricately-detailed scale replicas of buildings from all over Czechia.

Towering sandstone rock formations where 'The Chronicles of Narnia' was filmed.

The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.

An army of sleeping knights sculpted by a self-taught local artist beautifully depict an old Czech legend.

A folk-art cottage and hotel straight from a Slavic fairy tale.

Unique house covered in a nightmarish mural of demons, ghosts and monsters.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

A massive 1830s industrial site once known as Czechia's "Iron Heart" has been transformed into a playground of science, technology, and art.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

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

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.