Places rubysage Wants to Go

Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

How did the 110-ton limestone statue cross the road?

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

This permanent exhibition showcases the historical significance and cultivation of pineapples.

One of the few German synagogues to survive the Kristallnacht pogrom has been beautifully restored.

This entire museum is dedicated to a single smelly delicacy.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

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

The largest toy museum in Poland showcases Europe's history of childhood.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.

A collection of modern and vintage pinball machines housed in the cellar of a 15th-century building.

Seven dragon statues—including one that breathes real fire—are scattered throughout the streets of Krakow.

Where visitors can play more than 150 retro arcade games.

A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.

While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.

One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi German gathering place that still stands today.