Places csieminski Wants to Go

A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.

A haunting deserted hotel is a favorite with artists and photographers.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.

This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

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

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

An underground city of salt.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

In the heart of the Pine Barrens, entire forests of pitch pines that usually grow 20–90 feet tall only reach six feet in height.