Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This apartment is a true time capsule of local life in Bulgaria during the Soviet regime.

The Grand Mall in Varna hosts one of the biggest collections of Soviet-era paraphernalia in Bulgaria.

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

An homage to the medieval rulers of Bulgaria.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

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

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

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

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

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

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

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

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