Places Zborik Wants to Go

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.