Places thatdude Wants to Go

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

An exquisite Baroque church in Vienna's old town.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.