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A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

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

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

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp’s brother, is among those buried here.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

The hilltop ruins of a border fortification in the Italian Alps that was much fought over.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

These pools have been abandoned for over 20 years.

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.

This Roman monument is surrounded by more recent construction, offering a stark contrast between ancient architecture and the modern urban landscape.

This beautiful 14th-century castle perched on a promontory overlooks the Bay of Trieste.

Two bronze wolves atop this large rock honor the "Wolves of Tuscany" brigade of World War I.

The world's most important buildings shrunk to a tiny size.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.

Deep underground, the rusting remains of a German water pumping station from World War II.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."