Türisalu, Estonia
Turisalu Missile Hangar
Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.
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Türisalu, Estonia
Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.
Ridala Parish, Estonia
This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.
Tartu, Estonia
The labyrinthine home of the National Archives of Estonia is an experimental blend of architecture, art, and history.
Tahkuna, Estonia
Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.
Varstu Parish, Estonia
A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.
Ridala Parish, Estonia
The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.
Kose Parish, Estonia
This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.
Tallinn, Estonia
This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.
Tallinn, Estonia
This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Elvas, Portugal
This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.
Pinofranqueado, Spain
Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.
Pfronten, Germany
Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.
Point Roberts, Washington
An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.
Panchagarh, Bangladesh
A piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh inside a piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh.
Estonia
This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.
Eagle, Alaska
The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.
Porto, Portugal
This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.
Villar del Pozo, Spain
An abandoned airport in the middle of nowhere.
Seville, Spain
An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.
Tenerife, Spain
According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.
Marinaleda, Spain
A micro-communist utopia in Spain with no police, no mortgages and full employment.
Melilla, Spain
A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.
Irlavas pagasts, Latvia
A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.
Kupari, Croatia
The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.