Places Kris McCracken Wants to Go

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.

These massive moving sand dunes have swallowed an entire village and are still on the run.

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.

A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.