Places fvilaskrzypek Wants to Go

When the water level in the Danube in central Budapest is low enough, there is a secret site telling the history of one of the most iconic bridges of the city.

Once built to revive one of the world's most legendary car brands, this futuristic factory in Italy now stands abandoned as a striking monument to Bugatti's short-lived 1990s comeback.

Walk through a well-preserved World War II Nazi prison and transit camp.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Postmodern architect Robert Venturi’s gift to his mother stands as an example of the midcentury’s wild swings in building aesthetics and design.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

At the birthplace of American railroading, a world-class collection of historic trains.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

A museum dedicated to the former country.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.

This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

The smallest bar in Amsterdam has stayed in the family since 1798.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.