Places qfitz Wants to Go

A stunning Art Nouveau cinema in the heart of Budapest.

The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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

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.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

This symbol of Yugoslav liberation decorated with 620 carved heads of mythical creatures is now a forlorn relic of another time.

Some believe this abandoned Brutalist masterpiece inspired George Lucas's Sandcrawler.

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

Colorful power station with a chimney equipped with a gallery for exhaust monitoring equipment.

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.