Saint Petersburg, Russia
Berezovsky Mammoth
One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Palace of Concerts and Sports
An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Church of St. Anne
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Riga, Latvia
Jauniela (New Street)
This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.
Tallinn, Estonia
Saint Olaf's Church
During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.
Helsinki, Finland
Fortress of Suomenlinna
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Helsinki, Finland
Suomenlinna Church
This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.
Kiruna, Sweden
LKAB’s Visitor Center
The world's largest underground iron ore mine.
Kiruna, Sweden
Icehotel
The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.
Flåm, Norway
Flåmsbana (Flåm Railway)
One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.
Doorn, Netherlands
Huis Doorn
The elegant manor house where Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in exile after World War I.
Leusden, Netherlands
Sovjet Ereveld (Soviet Field of Honor)
A cemetery in the Netherlands honors Soviet soldiers from World War II.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
Borders of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog
A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.
Trier, Germany
Porta Nigra
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
Hotel Belvédère
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Andermatt, Switzerland
Teufelsbrucke
A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.
Sevelen, Switzerland
Alte Rheinbrücke (Old Rhine Bridge)
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
The Prince of Liechtenstein's Vineyard and Wine Cellar
In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.
Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany
Büsingen Enclave
A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.
Gruyères, Switzerland
H.R. Giger Museum
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Geneva, Switzerland
Treille Promenade
One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.
Aosta, Italy
Aosta Roman Theatre
An ancient theatre in the "little Rome of the Alps."
Schattenhalb, Switzerland
The Reichenbach Falls
The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
Bern, Switzerland
Méret Oppenheim Fountain
The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.
