Places Michael Ballard Wants to Go

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

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

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

The growing stones of Romania.

This bone-filled cave got its name after they found 140 bear skeletons inside.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

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

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

The southernmost postal office in South America.

The house of a former Argentinian president stands protected within a large glass case.

Are they the remains of a fallen hotel, or the final stronghold for escaped Nazis?