Places mcurtis Wants to Go

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

A massive, abstract lookout tower providing a panoramic view of Prague.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

This dazzling wooden church was constructed as part of an elaborate peace project after the Thirty Years' War.

This colorful hotel is also a full-blown rock 'n' roll compound.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

A small square populated with giant birchwood sculptures.

Dubbed "Wistom" by locals, this abandoned factory is an urban explorer's dream.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.

A curated museum of wooden sculptures inhabits this Russian home.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

We're not in Kansas anymore: the Strabag headquarters has a playful upside-down addition.

A monument marks the site where the famed composer stopped to relieve himself on a long journey. Just one problem: Mozart never went to Raschala.

A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land.

The original Budweiser has a long-standing naming dispute with its American counterpart.