Places relizh Wants to Go

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.

A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

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

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

Two old windmills got a new life as oversized sculptures of a man and a woman.

Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

A symbolic graveyard for the villages that perished during the Nazi invasion of Belarus.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.