Places tobbinator Wants to Go

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

A Bulgarian monument to Russia's role in World War II is constantly being painted in pop culture protest.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

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

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

An ornate private entrance to the Vienna subway built specifically for the emperor.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

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

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.