Places Nicky Pryde Wants to Go

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

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

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Europe's only Temple of Mithras located in a natural cave.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

This region of Slovakia boasts some of the most plentiful opal mines in the world.

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.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

This "mathematical tower" was an observatory, early skyscraper, and place to reflect on all of nature and the cosmos.

These are probably the most beautifully crafted toilets you've ever seen.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.