Tallinn, Estonia
Kadriorg Palace
A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.
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Tallinn, Estonia
A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.
Pärnu, Estonia
Legend says lovers who hold hands while venturing along this stone jetty and kiss at the end will remain together forever.
Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia
A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.
Hiiu Parish, Estonia
This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.
Sillamäe, Estonia
This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
Järva-Jaani, Estonia
Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.
Tallinn, Estonia
A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.
Tallinn, Estonia
Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.
Tallinn, Estonia
Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.
Kose Parish, Estonia
This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.
Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.
Kaali, Estonia
Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Prague, Czechia
This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.
Kroměříž, Czechia
A unique Baroque monument that creates a fascinating “theater of memory” focused on the themes of human transience and the hope for resurrection.
Prague, Czechia
This monumental neo-Renaissance tomb in Vyšehrad Cemetery is the final resting place for Czech cultural legends.
Karviná, Czechia
Once overlooking the town, this church now resides on a permanent tilt.
Staré Město, Czechia
Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.
Brno, Czechia
A striking, modern church devoted to a nun who loved God and beer.
Bítov, Czechia
The castle in the romantic landscape of Podyjí houses what may be Europe's largest collection of taxidermy dogs.
Žibřidice, Czechia
Abandoned substation turned village treasure.
Most, Czechia
This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.