Places jtaeubner Wants to Go

Witness to Nazi occupation, this bunker has managed to soldier on to this day.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

This fortress was designed to prevent a Nazi invasion but was never used.

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

The centuries-old crosses "growing" in the cemetery are steeped in local lore and are believed to have healing powers.

The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.

A unique museum dedicated to the history of household appliances from across the globe.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.

Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.

Dominating the skyline of Kaliningrad, the iconic House of Soviets has always been abandoned.

Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.

The center of this Polish border town was so thoroughly wiped out in World War II that only the foundations remain.

This abandoned but well-preserved Prussian fortress sits abandoned in a Polish forest near the German border.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

The river-powered ferry dates back to 1970s.

The pyramid and dome deep inside the Dzūkija forest are believed to channel divine energy.

This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.

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

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

Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.