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The cross stone
Permanently Closed

Zlēkas parish, Latvia

Abavmuiza Cross Stone

The only things left in this abandoned Latvian graveyard are a mysterious stone and a ghost story.

The forests of Lithuania concealed the site for almost 20 years

Lithuania

Dvina Missile Silo

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

Ungru Manor

Ridala Parish, Estonia

Ungru Manor

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

Haapsalu Airfield

Ridala Parish, Estonia

Haapsalu Airfield

This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.

Kamppi Chapel

Helsinki, Finland

Kamppi Chapel

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

Soul of Africa Museum

Essen, Germany

Soul of Africa Museum

Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

Tire Gorilla
Permanently Closed

Helsinki, Finland

Tire Gorilla

A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

Kruunuvuori
Permanently Closed

Helsinki, Finland

Kruunuvuori

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.

Temppeliaukio Church

Helsinki, Finland

Temppeliaukio Church

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Tree Mountain

Ylöjärvi, Finland

Tree Mountain

This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.

The Golden Eagle Pharmacy Museum

Budapest, Hungary

The Golden Eagle Pharmacy Museum

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

Columbo Statue

Budapest, Hungary

Columbo Statue

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

The Holy Right Hand of St. Stephen

Budapest, Hungary

The Holy Right

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Hospital in the Rock

Budapest, Hungary

Hospital in the Rock

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

Photographed by Arpad Horvath, June 2006

Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Bory Castle

Hungarian self-built castle.

Gasometer Town

Vienna, Austria

Gasometer Town

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

Sigmund Freud Museum

Vienna, Austria

Sigmund Freud Museum

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

Old Wehrmann in Eisen statue in Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Wehrmann in Eisen Nail Man

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

Globe Museum

Vienna, Austria

Globe Museum

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

Municipal heating plant, Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Hundertwasser's Odd Architecture

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Republic of Kugelmugel

Vienna, Austria

Republic of Kugelmugel

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Museum of Art Fakes

Vienna, Austria

Museum of Art Fakes

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

Stephansdom Crypt

Vienna, Austria

Stephansdom Crypt

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)

Vienna, Austria

Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

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