Places vmhenshaw Wants to Go

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.