Places jocelyngould Wants to Go

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

On Nobel Street, a miniature statue of Alfred Nobel.

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

A memorial to 350 people burned at the stake for witchcraft.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.