Places NicholasManila Wants to Go

A rare octagonal brick beacon on an isolated island in the Baltic.

This abandoned villa of makeshift buildings was once the home of dancer Elis Sinistö.

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.

Middle-earth in the middle of Switzerland.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

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

This bed and breakfast is steeped in history and offers guests a unique way to experience nature—glass igloos on a frozen lake.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

A lumberjack in Finnish Lapland did not want to cut down his Arctic pines, so he offered them up to be adopted by nature-lovers.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

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

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

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

This little gem in the Gulf of Riga has a very rich heritage and distinct culture.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

The best-preserved Roman site in India.

A literary park dedicated to the memory of a filmmaker, writer, and intellectual who was killed in 1975.

These precariously placed ruins harken back to a 13th-century castle.

The ruins of a medieval castle that survived two sieges.

Built in 1547, these ruins lie on a rocky promontory in Ballintoy jutting into the wild ocean waters below.

The ruins of a once-grand castle that played host to a tournament with 100,000 attendees.