Places Zborik Wants to Go

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

This mesmerizing medieval monastery-cave complex sits thousands of feet above ground overlooking a valley.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.