Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Graffiti-clad ruins of an abandoned 1980s industrial site with a toxic past are nestled among residential houses.

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

This mysterious and once-grand memorial still embodies a remarkable architectural vision.

An extensive network of secret tunnels was created for the Nazi project "Riese."

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

What was once an underground Nazi city is now Europe's largest bat reserve.

This 16th-century pole was once used in brutal public executions.

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

A tribute to the first human in space.

This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.

This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.

This ex-prison dates back to the Middle Ages.

A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

Dozens of large, brightly-colored paintings adorn the walls of the "street art capital of Iceland."