Places Bangalf Wants to Go

We're not in Kansas anymore: the Strabag headquarters has a playful upside-down addition.

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

This mysterious complex of abandoned yurts and fading murals was meant to be a center of science and spirituality in Kyrgyzstan.

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.

This 100-foot tall tombstone memorializes victims of 40 years of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan.

The Russian author's writing desk remains inside the house where he spent part of his Siberian exile.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

A stunning Art Nouveau cinema in the heart of Budapest.

Dine on Hungarian-Jewish dishes at this multigenerational, family-run institution.

On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

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

The ruins of this medieval castle on a foggy hill tell the story of a once-mighty empire.

Tucked in an urban forest, this restaurant specializes in homemade, healing rakijas.