Places klukec Wants to Go

This shuttered power plant is now Turkey's first industrial archaeology museum.

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

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

A tribute to smugglers and the Butter Wars.

Not many houses move across borders, this one did it twice.

Intricate metal sculpture that's half gothic cathedral, half construction equipment.

A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.

This residence straddles a border between Belgium and the Netherlands.

This non-profit theatre in the heart of Brussels is dedicated to hosting independent films.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.