Places benlloyd Wants to Go

A discarded movie prop that was the original monolith for "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Nearly three tons of weapons from the Vietnam War still remain in this small, hidden museum.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

The ship that got left behind.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.

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

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

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

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

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

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

Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.

It's rumored this unique Baltic beacon was designed by Gustave Eiffel himself.

This Estonian watchtower looks like a big tree with two giant bird nests on it, complete with a "golden egg."

Two bulls enter. One leaves a champion—but neither loses its life.

An unusual double-stelae obelisk with ancient and mysterious origins.

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

Once a year, a sandbar rises from the depths just in time for the world's weirdest match.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

This remote, abandoned Soviet observatory promises spectacular views for those who can reach it.