Places nejuum Wants to Go

A folk-art cottage and hotel straight from a Slavic fairy tale.

Visitors flock to the historic birthplace of radiobalneology for its therapeutic radium treatments.

When the river dries up, these stones start talking.

Of all the houses that grace this neighborhood, only one is a testament to surreal architecture.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.

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

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.

These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.

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.”

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.