Places angusyallop Wants to Go

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

A massive marble pedestal is all that remains of a column that towered over Constantinople for 1300 years.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

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

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

A shopping mall housed in a historic cinema and hiding ancient ruins under its floors.

A small, but very well curated, museum of cars, propaganda, and toys of socialist Bulgaria.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.