Places dbone Wants to Go

A WWII museum that tries to reenact history.

This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.

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

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

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

Its collection offers a glimpse into the Russian Old Believers' centuries-old way of life.

Learn to drink tea like an Estonian at this museum.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

Pigduck of Turku.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

The tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries was also the site of a bloody World War II battle.

More than 200 eclectic sculptures surround the artist's home.

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

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

Fortifications built for a Soviet invasion that never came now sit abandoned in a losing battle against nature.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

Hidden deep in a forest is this geological wonder carved by glaciers.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.