Places Pengwn Wants to Go

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

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

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

The great Danube river starts here.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.