Places Kris Best Wants to Go

A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.

World's largest crossword puzzle spans the side of a towerblock, its clues scattered throughout the city.

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

An unusual museum home to a vast collection of items that represent everyday life.

Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.

Nearly three decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the hero of the USSR still stands over Belarus.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.