Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

It's rumored this unique Baltic beacon was designed by Gustave Eiffel himself.

A historic scientific breakthrough that crosses nine borders.

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.

A wooden replica of France's famous tower.

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

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

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

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

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

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

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

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.

The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

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.

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

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

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

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

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