Places Mishel Wants to Go

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

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

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

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

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.