Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

Crammed inside this grounded passenger plane is a bar that was once a Communist hang out and is now a ratty relic.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

A monument to the small town of master violin makers and its countless luthiers.

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

Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

When the river dries up, these stones start talking.

This ruined castle perched atop a rocky peak is a great place for a hike.

Every part of this unusual home is built into the sandstone rock.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

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

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

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.

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

A giant interactive periodic table with real samples of the elements.

Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

A crucified and bearded female saint.