Places sophiee Wants to Go

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

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

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

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

An open-air museum dedicated to tombstones and roadside stone monuments.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

Named after one of Canada's greatest writers who lived out her days in this quaint neighborhood.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.