Places A.M. Brune Wants to Go

Now a ruin, this grand resort was coveted by a communist autocrat and an eccentric Japanese golfer.

A supersonic jet stands on a pedestal in this rural village as a monument to military aviation.

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

An homage to the medieval rulers of Bulgaria.

This apartment is a true time capsule of local life in Bulgaria during the Soviet regime.

The Grand Mall in Varna hosts one of the biggest collections of Soviet-era paraphernalia in Bulgaria.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.

Gigantic water vessel, permanently grounded in Southern Albania.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.