Places theworldinaframe Wants to Go

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

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

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

A mosaic monument that commemorates the historical struggles of the people of North Macedonia.

This elegant monument to those who fought against fascism is inspired by the shape of the poppy flower.

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

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

Tucked in an urban forest, this restaurant specializes in homemade, healing rakijas.

Constructed from the ruins of a former glass factory, this park incorporates the old with the new.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol. 

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.