Places White Rat Wants to Go

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

This museum promotes informed contraception by documenting its often secret past.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

The rusted creatures wait to be discovered in Prague's botanical garden.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

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

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.