Places paleasfunk Wants to Go

Dedicated to the history of mining and minting in a region rich in silver and radium.

An unusual heating plant that has garnered notoriety for its distinct shape.

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

Each spring, residents of this Czech town hoist a 'slain' metal dragon onto the city hall to commemorate a local medieval legend

This trio of reliefs—an ear, a mouth, and a pair of eyes—carved into the walls of flooded quarries is a monument to spying.

Human figures and faces are carved into the sandstone surrounding this cave in Czechia.

A museum of Czech puppetry and wine in an allegedly haunted 14th-century stone house.

Once home to artillery, this garden offers more peace today than it did during its war-torn past.

A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.

Czech architects borrow from the nest design of the stork to revitalize a farmstead, hoping to inspire the same loyalty the birds had shown.

This village in Bohemian Switzerland hosts more than 300 wood carvings inspired by fairytales, folklore, and other oddities, as well as a series of Communist-era tanks

The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.

Stroll past dozens of intricately-detailed scale replicas of buildings from all over Czechia.

Abandoned substation turned village treasure.

600 stumps, branches, and trunks of different shapes and sizes.

This strange statue depicts a young boy's body with an adult Mozart's head and a single wing.

Locals say the stone that marks the spot where the gallows once stood can lead you astray.

The largest and best-preserved rotunda in Prague.

A mansion where wonders of Christmas are celebrated all year long.

Before building her own tombstone, an untrained artist created a concrete menagerie in her garden.

Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha spent 18 years creating these monumental paintings of Slavic history and mythology.

A colossal statue of a woman hugging a modern building.

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

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