Places Kris McCracken Wants to Go

Opened in 1787, this old-world treasure is said to be the oldest restaurant in Copenhagen.

This museum stands out for its poignant portrayal of the atrocities of the Vietnam War and serves as a vital educational tool for promoting peace and understanding.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

A mile-long trail of pottery culture, full of clay pipes and lucky cats, including one that’s 12.5 feet tall.

A 160-year-old tower built in honor of a scholar who was burned at the stake for translating the Bible.

A museum showcasing the work of a self-taught painter and sculptor spanning four decades of output in seclusion.

Off the beaten path along the coastline of Miura, a scenic cliff with an evocative name.

A monument to placate the spirits of an ancient forest.

A complex of ancient Buddhist rock-cut caves with a large, well preserved prayer hall.

This public artwork, hidden down a cliffside hiking trail, encourages visitors to contemplate the tides.

The location of the site of one of the defining battles of feudal Japan is being fought over by two neighboring cities.

Luminaries from Albert Einstein to John Lennon once had a cup of coffee at Tokyo's oldest café.

This natural amphitheatre has been carved over millennia into the layered sedimentary rock of Karijini National Park.