Places Pharoeaux Wants to Go

These ruins disappear beneath the waves every winter.

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

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

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

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

A former bank seized as a sniper vantage point during the Bosnian War is now a secret graffiti art gallery.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.