Places Lana Velkov Wants to Go

A failed Russian themed village and amusement park in Niigata prefecture.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

This hand-painted advertisement is a literal sign of encouragement, however unintentional.

The oldest surviving “eel, pie, and mash” shop in London is renowned for its infamous jellied eels.

Some of the best renditions of traditional British dishes can be found on the site of a 15th-century inn.

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.

A lasting remnant of the London Blitz.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

A faded reminder of what was once a common sight in London during the Blitz.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Two ancient yew trees with a chapel and an altar built inside their hollow trunks.

Three people can fit inside this little Serbian Orthodox church carved inside a 500-year-old oak tree.

Tokyo’s “Kitchen Town” hosts a number of shops selling intricate food replicas.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

The old Workhouse in Ripon was the last resort for the poor of the district from 1834 until the birth of the British welfare state in the mid 20th century. It is now a poignant museum reminding us of the harshness of the Victorian poor law regime.