Places Vic Tanner Wants to Go

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

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

Τhis feline monument commemorates fallen soldiers on a field that saw many, many battles.

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

The burial place of one the greatest Arthurian authors, with the sword in the (grave)stone.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Dating from the 18th century to today, this museum houses a collection of over 1,200 musical instruments.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.

Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

Bring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

A Viking man's tribute to his brother stands in Gävle's oldest church.

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.