Places Kris Best Wants to Go

A relic from the Industrial Revolution got a second life as a contemporary performing arts space.

The monument honors the mountaineers who were part of Europe’s best anti-Nazi forces.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

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

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

This trio of reliefs—an ear, a mouth, and a pair of eyes—carved into the walls of flooded quarries is a monument to spying.

A 19th-century pharmacy converted into a bookstore.

A memorial to those who donated their bodies to science.

This old Soviet gas station is in perfect condition, one of the best-preserved mosaics in the country.

First Nations’ foodways are front and center at this food truck-turned-brick-and-mortar.

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

A unique museum that explores the history of computing and digital culture in East Germany.

A well-worshipped shrine to the Virgin Mary nestled inside the last of Zagreb’s historic gates.

This cemetery of rusting Soviet-era steam locomotives and train cars offers an apocalyptic glimpse into a bygone era.

This often-missed monastery, set in a scenic mountain landscape, features unique frescoes, fortifications and legends.

A collection of historical engines and rolling stock from throughout Riga's rich railway history.

One of the few German synagogues to survive the Kristallnacht pogrom has been beautifully restored.

A fascinating little project dedicated to preserving the charming historic doors of Durrës.

Construction of this bridge was once described as an "act of violence" against a neighboring country.

Heralded as one of the prettiest castles in all of Czechia.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.