Places sophiee Wants to Go

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

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

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

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

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

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 turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.