Places LouiseLabreche Wants to Go

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.