Places Remus Wants to Go

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

Though it may look like a businessman's lost luggage, this case suspended under a highway bridge is actually a contemporary art installation.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.

Relive a Polish uprising via an enormous, century-old cyclorama.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.