Places Mike Walker Wants to Go

In this Romani neighborhood lies a museum dedicated to the culture and history of the Roma.

An unconventional memorial to the women burned as witches in Bratislava.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

Is this a portal to another side of the cosmos?

A breathtaking viewing platform over the Alps.

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

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.