Places mcurtis Wants to Go

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

For 200 years, people have flocked to this Polish town to experience the healing powers of salt.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

A modern-day Polish explorer's collection of artifacts from around the world

Come to this Polish museum to take a good, clean look at filth.

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

Geographers once declared this spot in Ukraine to be the center of Europe, although that status is disputed.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

The only natural cave bath in all of Europe.

Pay your respects to a country that only existed for a few weeks.

One of the few cold geysers in Europe, its eruptions are powered by carbon dioxide.

This region of Slovakia boasts some of the most plentiful opal mines in the world.

Gliwice Radio Tower, likely the tallest wooden structure in the world.

While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.

Brought to you by the makers of fiberglass dinosaurs.

The ruins of an abandoned crematorium haunt an eerie deserted German cemetery.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

A group of tiny bears has occupied various spots across Warsaw's Bemowo district.

The giant metal fruit was once the symbol of a large farm.

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

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

A Bauhaus co-founder designed this quirky, abandoned granary.