Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

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

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

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

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

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

A spectacular Bulgarian cave resembling a devil's head with a waterfall rushing down its throat.

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

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

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

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

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.