Places macleanwendy Wants to Go

A statue of the Soviet leader still stands in a quiet corner of Estonia’s most Russian city.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

This stunning limestone waterfall is the highest in Estonia.

This old Estonian mine has been kept like a sprawling time capsule of the local shale industry.

Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

Explore 150 years of Estonian rail history in a terminal once built for Tsar Nicholas II.

Hundreds of unusual wheel crosses poke above the earth in this small Estonian cemetery.

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

This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

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

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

Thousands of graves lurk below the surface of this park.

A massive tribute to Estonian history and culture.