Places paulfromskegness Wants to Go

An observatory with a 54-meter-wide radio telescope sits in the mountains of Armenia.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.

This park built on a former fortress has a reputation for romance.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

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

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

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

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

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

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

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

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

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

Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

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

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.