Places dbone Wants to Go

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.

A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

The second largest in the world, this massive underground void has its own subway.

Veryovkina Cave is more than 1.3 miles deep—the deepest known in the world.

The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

Georgia’s answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation’s great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

Hidden up a dusty track off the Georgian Military Road is this fascinating waterfall with mountainous views.

The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.

Underground monastery and fortress.