Places thorne031 Wants to Go

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

A monumental golden thumb rises as an iconic homage to Nouveau Réalisme, bold in scale and unapologetic in spirit.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

These unique "earth pyramid" clay columns can be found in ravines around the village of Tirolo.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.

Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

This feat of Brutalist architecture is also known as the Three Sisters.

Considered an architectural abomination by some, this metal-clad building is known as 'little red riding hood' by locals.

This abandoned factory once produced Yugoslavia’s iconic Yugo automobile.

Two buildings named after their windows that make it look like a sea of television sets plastered to a wall.

Belgrade’s oldest restaurant has a rather unusual name.

This striking, historic hotel has major Wes Anderson movie energy.

A museum dedicated to the former country.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Once used to calculate the various levels around the country.

Legends surround this natural rock formation that looks like a Moorish king wearing a crown.