Places Kris Best Wants to Go

A Serbian church lit by chandeliers made of weapons.

Eastern Bloc nostalgia, anybody?

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

Celebrated example of Ottoman architecture that also served as a site for brutal massacres.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

This historic cemetery was inaccessible for several years due to dozens of land mines.

A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This basement museum explores the art and artistry of fascism.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.