Places The Sitch Wants to Go

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.

Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.