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

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

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

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

One of the largest public squares in the world, named after the former DPRK supreme leader.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

Eurasia's most difficult place to hang out, and farthest point from sea access.

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

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

A whimsical sculpture garden right out of a children's storybook.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

A network of sandy streets lined with verdant fukugi trees weaves throughout this tiny seaside town.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.