Places Kris Best Wants to Go

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

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

This unique railroad museum secretly contains the history of Poland rebuilding itself from the inside-out.

Deep in a Polish forest, this collection of Iron Age megaliths still holds onto many of its ancient secrets.

An abandoned football stadium with a tragic past.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

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

This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.

This picturesque castle in Poland has a rich history, including a legend that ties it to lost Incan treasures.

A marker honors the brief peace found by a tormented artist in the fictional land of Kcymaerxthaere.

The giant metal fruit was once the symbol of a large farm.

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

In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.

Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

A hidden art gallery in an abandoned Warsaw fort.

Learn the incredible story of how an unassuming spa town was transformed into one of the world’s largest uranium mining sites.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

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

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.

This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."