Places tiernoodle Wants to Go

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

Dedicated to a brave pooch who fought a tiger to save a young child.

A statue of Paulina Hermann, the eccentric noblewoman known as the "mother of cats."

Trimmed trees grow alongside the graves like topiary tombstones.

This modern, multimedia museum takes visitors on an evolutionary journey back in time.

This only museum in the world dedicated solely to mushrooms.

A peculiar museum that includes many drunken tales, a drunk driving simulator, and much more.

Colorful concentric circles honor a small Croatian town's supposed spot at the nucleus of it all.

Inside this mansion turned museum, the works of prominent Croatian artists are on full display.

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

Built as an anti-fascist tribute, this surreal Yugoslav memorial became an unwelcome symbol after the Croatian war for independence.

Just a few miles from Novalja, a strange geological oddity has left scientists baffled.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

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

A forgotten monument to Yugoslavian freedom.

A tribute to an iconic act of defiance from the Croatian War of Independence involving a small car.

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

When Croatia became independent of Yugoslavia, the splintering governments left behind these concrete tunnels.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.