Revival Period monasteries, traditional towns, mountain peaks, beaches: you may think you have seen it all in Bulgaria, but you would be mistaken. This country has a number of eccentric places to visit, a delight for the connoisseur of the strange and the odd.

Strange man-made constructions dot Bulgaria – if you know where to look

Here is a secret: while Vagabond was in its development stage, it was going to be a magazine solely about Sofia. We changed our minds, eventually, but Bulgaria's capital has remained a permanent fixture on the pages of the magazine. We have covered extensively its restaurant and night scene, but the articles we cherish the most are the ones devoted to its many hidden gems.

Weddings and 'falling objects' mix at Founders of Bulgaria monument in Shumen

Possibly Europe's oddest monument is in Bulgaria, attracting cult following

Best flea shop is located under church

Erstwhile guardians of the Warsaw Pact rust and crumble in towns and villages

Eccentric millionaire builds fairy-tale castle near Sozopol

The Cold War lives on at the Bulgarian-Turkish border, where dozens of half-entrenched rusting tanks continue to defend Bulgaria from a NATO ally. A state secret, according to the MoD