Places Kris Best Wants to Go

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.

Near Dresden, a scenic medieval castle ruin offers atmospheric views, educational ties to forestry, and a glimpse into Saxony’s past.

Pay your respects to a country that only existed for a few weeks.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

A house that transports visitors back to Yugoslavia.

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.

This power plant is at the edge of a Czech mountain.

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

Run by the same people as a subterranean art space, this pub does double-duty as a Cave of Wonders.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

From open waters to open dance floors—this decommissioned ferry has been transformed into a lively nightclub.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

A historic highway suspension bridge on the old Fraser River highway has been preserved for non-motorized traffic.