Places Atikin Wants to Go

A remnant of the Franco-Prussian War, lodged in the city's walls.

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

This atmospheric museum honors a family who hid Jews during the Nazi occupation of Latvia.

Resting on a hill overlooking the coast, these medieval ruins look completely deserted save for their restored chapel.

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

This wooden recreation of a 9th century lake village looks as though it was built yesterday (which it relatively was).

One of the best-preserved wooden manor houses in Latvia, decorated with painted interior walls.

Built to ward off Napoleon's army, this city-sized abandoned Russian fort is now perfect for urban exploration.

A haunting memorial to those who lost their lives to the Nazi regime lies hidden in the woods.

A historic scientific breakthrough that crosses nine borders.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.

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

A wooden statue of an Estonian pagan god and King of the Setos stands atop a sacred hill.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.

Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.

A wealthy aristocratic family built this Disney-worthy, fairy-tale castle.

Learn to drink tea like an Estonian at this museum.

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.