Places Lana Velkov Recommends

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.

After immigrating to Paris in the 1970s, two brothers from Laos built a grocery store empire.

Once one of the most beautiful buildings in Serbia, this palace stands abandoned in a park.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

A ferry has operated across the River Hamble for around 500 years, but its distinctive bubblegum pink is a more recent addition.

This historic Art Nouveau townhouse was the former home of the son of a famous chemical inventor and industrialist.

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

A shopping mall housed in a historic cinema and hiding ancient ruins under its floors.

Where the legendary wizard sleeps for eternity, according to Arthurian lore.

This gorgeous Peranakan mansion’s family heritage includes a century-old baby gate, which was also used to keep out irresponsible husbands.

A cave-turned-memorial church marking the site where civilians were killed during an 1814 uprising.

One of the Hakka "ghost villages" of Plover Cove famed for its haunted locked compass legend.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

A public statue crafted by Singapore's pioneering sculptor, Ng Eng Teng.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A abandoned hostel which was once home to Brunei's brightest students and present-day politicians.

The bell of HMS Hood is rung every Sunday at this ship-themed church.