Places csieminski Wants to Go

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

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

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.

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

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

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

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

A wooden replica of France's famous tower.

One of the oldest lighthouses in the world has been in continuous use since it was first built in 1531.

A massive tribute to Estonian history and culture.

This stunning limestone waterfall is the highest in Estonia.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

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

The widest natural waterfall in Estonia is a sight to see in all seasons.

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.

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

This old Estonian mine has been kept like a sprawling time capsule of the local shale industry.

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

The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.