Places Daniel Savidge Wants to Go

For centuries, this hill along the Polish coast has been used as a lookout—and the rumored home of pirate treasure.

Complex tile installations designed by a renowned Polish artist in a Warsaw subway.

How did this desert wind up in the middle of a Polish forest?

The center of this Polish border town was so thoroughly wiped out in World War II that only the foundations remain.

This abandoned but well-preserved Prussian fortress sits abandoned in a Polish forest near the German border.

The rusting hulk of a Soviet warship sits on a Polish beach.

This formerly-prosperous Silesian mining town was completely demolished in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an attempt to cover up a secret Soviet uranium mine.

This dazzling wooden church was constructed as part of an elaborate peace project after the Thirty Years' War.

Catch a scenic view of Warsaw's Old Town from the top of a centuries-old dumping ground.

A heavily politicized roundabout discussing the state of a heavily politicized country.

The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.

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

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

The two abandoned overpasses are among the largest bridges in Poland.

The coffin-shaped church was once home to monks who slept in coffins.

A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.

While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

A monument to Poland's famous alleged UFO abduction case.

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

Dubbed "Wistom" by locals, this abandoned factory is an urban explorer's dream.

One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi German gathering place that still stands today.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.