Places Kris McCracken Wants to Go

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

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

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

A dilapidated space station with overtones of 'Alien' and 'Bladerunner' featuring a multiplayer games galore.

This large open-air museum showcases the ordinary lives of the people of the Netherlands and pre-industrial crafts and practices.

This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

In the waters outside Helsinki, a tiny island once used as a military outpost now welcomes visitors.

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.