Places NycterisBerna Wants to Go

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

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.

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

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

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

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

This monumental neo-Renaissance tomb in Vyšehrad Cemetery is the final resting place for Czech cultural legends.

According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.

A quasi-futuristic roof sits atop a medieval Bohemian monastery damaged during World War II.

The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

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

A crucified and bearded female saint.

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