Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.

A WWII museum that tries to reenact history.

This lonely Lithuanian chapel looks more beautiful and haunting in decline than it ever did in life.

The pyramid and dome deep inside the Dzūkija forest are believed to channel divine energy.

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

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

This small Spanish village still pays homage to the Spaghetti Western films that were shot there in the 1960s.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.

This 16th-century church now has a heavenly second life as a cultural hub of Pátzcuaro.

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

This operational mill has survived centuries of destruction and construction.

The displays in this off-the-beaten-path museum highlight the holistic, indigenous methods of healing.

This vintage weapons display would be the perfect place for bibliophiles to hold out in a zombie apocalypse.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

This simple stone monument honors a 19th-century tragedy.