Places Lana Velkov Wants to Go

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

The home of Joseph Stalin during the Potsdam conference.

A tea merchant built a dazzling Chinoiserie mansion in the 1890s to impress a Chinese ambassador

Saddam Hussein’s abandoned 1980s mega yacht is scuttled in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, its name meaning “The Victor”

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

This Western confectionery in Kobe made the German tree stump cake into a Japanese staple.

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

Established in 1950, this humble burger joint is the oldest surviving one in Japan.

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

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

A rare instance of a historical Peshawari mansion restored and opened to the public.

A well-preserved, 19th-century Irish workhouse recounts a grim time in the country’s history.

The only Baroque residence for bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Banat region.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

This building was once the local office of White Star Line, the company that employed the crew on the Titanic when it sank.

This bright ship once guided vessels towards the Port of Southampton.

The last Victorian market in Belfast.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

An Irish cemetery filled with victims of political strife and violent conflict, including the grave of Bobby Sands.

This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.

Ruins of a church in a peaceful location overlooking fields.

A witch wreaks ruinous revenge on this ancient church with her "enchanted leg."