Places JonAkzar Wants to Go

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

Described as one of the Baltic region’s most daring and original construction projects.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

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

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.