Places aducarouge Wants to Go

Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue.

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

Colonial architecture meets urban art in this sprawling open-air gallery.

This park built on a former fortress has a reputation for romance.

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

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

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

This abandoned office building is a lasting example of Soviet-era architecture.

This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.

This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

The first monument in Estonia that was made by an Estonian sculptor.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.