Places zydeko Wants to Go

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.

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

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

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

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

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.

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

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

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

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

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

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.