Places Drumma Wants to Go

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

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

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

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

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

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

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.

A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.