Places Pengwn Wants to Go

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

This space age health spa looks like a supervillain's lair.

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

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

A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

This vineyard was the site of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade.

When you've got to go, you've got to go.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

A quirky collection flush with information on commode culture from ancient times to modern day.

The deepest metro station in the world.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

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

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.