Places dlhanstock00 Wants to Go

A somber place of memory and reflection, that tells the story of Riga's Jewish community before and during World War II.

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Where a Japanese government official issued transit visas to Jews fleeing from Nazi-occupied Poland.

A unique, playful portrayal of Jesus as a backpacking traveler.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.

The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

This Finnish town on the Arctic Circle is trademarked as the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.

The last surviving submarine from a strange chapter of Finnish history.

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

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.