Places tommimeckley2 Wants to Go

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

An unfinished complex built for children from around the world sits abandoned on the Black Sea coastline.

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

An ancient Thracian city where fire rituals were practiced on the largest cult altar in Southeast Europe.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

This tiny Bulgarian town offers a stunning location in the mountains and a storied history.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

Religious structure known for its sculpted details.