Places stabarinde Wants to Go

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

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

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

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

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

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

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."