Places gerardvanelzen Wants to Go

The oldest museum in Mumbai.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

An unexpected treasure trove of military oddities, Turkish interior design, and North Korean art.

Art Nouveau beauty hidden deep in Cairo’s Al-Helmiya neighborhood.

Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

The largest masonic lodge in Cuba.

Cuba's historical trains remind natives of their country's sugary sweet past.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

A small, but very well curated, museum of cars, propaganda, and toys of socialist Bulgaria.

These ruins of a Soviet children's railway station have a haunted atmosphere.

Climb into Albania's communist history while enjoying a spectacular ocean view.

A deserted site of Yugoslav remembrance.

An exquisite monument dedicated to fallen Partisan soldiers and anti-fascist fighters of Yugoslavia through symbols of gears and flowers.

A swan-like monument on Obad's Hill honors those that defended the area from German invaders during WWII.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

This memorial to local World War II heroes is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This cabinet of curiosities contains many special and fantastical objects from around the world.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.