Places Daniel Savidge Wants to Go

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A museum documenting the unlikely shared literary connection between Russia and Slovakia.

Scenic hike to a restored watermill.

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

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."