Places megankass Wants to Go

The ruins of a fairytale castle with a tumultuous history stand high atop the mountains.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

This magnificent Crimean estate was once a playground of the Russian elite.

One of the windiest peaks in Crimea is home to an incredible set of cable bridges.

One of the cave cities of Crimea, built by the Goths in the sixth century.

Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.

Over 300 wood sculptures depicting characters from Slavic, Greek and Western folk tales fill this magical garden.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.

The Grand Mall in Varna hosts one of the biggest collections of Soviet-era paraphernalia in Bulgaria.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

These natural cliffs look like they are a part of an old castle complex.

This massive stone and steel monument remembers a century-old battle that cost thousands of lives and nearly destroyed the city.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.