Places hthornton631 Wants to Go

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

One of the world’s only pink lakes where it's possible to take a dip.

These cascading falls resonate throughout the Bulgarian forest.

A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

At this snack-shack in the bucolic British countryside, you can still get a slice of socialism with your spot of tea.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

This unique eatery offers a taste of Estonia's "Onion Route."

A wooden replica of France's famous tower.

The first designer power line in Estonia.

The labyrinthine home of the National Archives of Estonia is an experimental blend of architecture, art, and history.

Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.

A small museum showcasing various communication equipment and laptops in the middle of the southeast Estonia countryside.

See an anatomy teaching collection assembled in the 1920s and 1930s.

Rent a barrel for a personal view of where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga.

Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.

Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.

A unique museum dedicated to the famed Soviet director and other cinema greats.

How this choice of tombstone came to be is still a mystery.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.