Places AnAn Wants to Go

People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.

Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.

An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.

A massive mammoth bone has been on display inside this church since the 18th century.

The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

This abandoned hospital has a long history, having housed both German and Soviet soldiers in the course of its life.

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

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

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

A scientific observatory managed the largest Portuguese astronomy research unit.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.