Places Ranian02 Wants to Go

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

A delightful museum entirely dedicated to the tiny homes of dolls.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

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 forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

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

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

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

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

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

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.