Places Ru Chia Wants to Go

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Different sections of the Zemun Fortress were built in the 14th and 15th century as a response to the advance of the Ottoman Empire.

This art installation pays homage to the famed stones of European lore.

A towering spire in the fortress of Kalemegdan honors the victorious armies of Serbia during their struggles against the Ottoman Empire.

This ice cream parlor serves scoops of flavors like rakia, medlar, and poppy seed.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

The ceiling of this cavern is dripping with multicolored marble stalactites.

This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.