Places Brian Pozun Wants to Go

This symbol of Yugoslav liberation decorated with 620 carved heads of mythical creatures is now a forlorn relic of another time.

An abandoned monument remembering the "Pančevo Holocaust" now stands as a shadow of its former self.

Curious carved stones and bird-like wings are a symbol of Serbian resilience and freedom on the site of a WWII massacre.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.

A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

A tribute to a man who defied the Nazis until his last breath.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

This likeness of the famous revolutionary is entirely made of recycled scraps of metal.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

A micro-communist utopia in Spain with no police, no mortgages and full employment.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.