Istanbul, Turkey
St. Stephen Bulgarian Iron Church
The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
London, England
Hyde Park Pet Cemetery
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
Prague, Czechia
Franz Kafka Museum
An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."
Prague, Czechia
Statue of Franz Kafka
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Vienna, Austria
Clock Museum
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Zagreb, Croatia
Museum of Broken Relationships
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Naples, Italy
Catacombs of San Gennaro
An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.
Split, Croatia
UNESCO-Protected SPAR Supermarket
When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.
Vienna, Austria
Esperanto Museum
Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.
Budapest, Hungary
The Citadella
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Prague, Czechia
Speculum Alchemiae
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Prague, Czechia
The Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Prague, Czechia
Prague Astronomical Clock
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
Olšany Cemetery
Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
Vienna, Austria
Habsburg Imperial Crypt
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
Schmetterlinghaus: The Imperial Butterfly Park
A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.
Vienna, Austria
The Narrenturm
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Vienna, Austria
Ungarisches Haus (Hungarian House)
The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.
Vienna, Austria
Karlskirche (St. Charles's Church)
Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.
Vienna, Austria
Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Budapest, Hungary
Shoes on the Danube Promenade
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Budapest, Hungary
The Garden of Philosophers
Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.
