Places Banderslav Wants to Go

A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

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

An Ottoman-era mosque looking over the Black Sea.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

A mosque with distinctive modern features.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.

This giant glowing "beanpole" adds much-needed pops of color to an otherwise drab power plant.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

A section of destroyed vertical lift bridge stands alone in the Peene river.