Places miodek Wants to Go

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.

One of the largest barracks of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy's military is now an abandoned ruin.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.