Places yoauntie Wants to Go

There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

This large open-air museum showcases the ordinary lives of the people of the Netherlands and pre-industrial crafts and practices.

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

This unique sculpture proved invaluable when it saved a train from careening off the tracks.

The portrait of a man from Japan who sent weekly letters to a Dutch hotel he never visited.

The history of sea-faring refuse and disaster is on cramped display in this Netherlands folk museum.

A massive stone fox oversees a Rotterdam elementary school crosswalk.

This functional solar system model was inspired by the famous Eisinga Planetarium.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

Rumored to have been frequented by Vincent van Gogh, it's the only remaining genever producer in the Hague.

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

The Real LegoLand.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.