Places Vegian Wants to Go

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

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

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

This hilltop ruin is of the hundreds of stone columns built in tribute to the first German chancellor.

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.

This bike path traverses the treetops.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.