Places Kris McCracken Wants to Go

Relics designed to contain and conceal Yugoslavian submarines.

This interactive museum celebrates the iconic arcade game.

Amid the ruins of the 1990s Somali Civil War, life goes on as normal.

Ever-changing museum dedicated to graffiti and contemporary street art.

These stunning arched rock formations might be familiar to Windows 10 users.

A rare surviving stone building from the Spanish colonial era.

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

Perhaps the biggest draw to this mosque is its remote location and lack of tourists.

A subtle memorial marks where a human chain protested Soviet control in 1989.

This tomb of a Sufi mystic is a remnant of Ottoman rule in Hungary.

According to local legend, this unassuming art gallery was once used to imprison witches.

The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.

A plinth outside a church displays sculptures by local artists.

A vending machine dedicated to a beloved seaweed.

A massive relic of the communist era of Berlin.

A hilltop fortress full of tombs, including one for legendary hero Seyyid Battal Gazi.

A storm shelter built for survivors of shipwrecks.

Pristine natural wonders and unique cultural diversity, way off the beaten path.

The last surviving bastion of the Baquet restaurant empire serves up superb soul food.

Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.

Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.

A well was built by the Spanish before their conquest of Mexico.

This sensational silver temple is the product of centuries of metalworking.

This hike brings visitors closer to Taipei 101, once the world’s tallest building, than any other trail.