Places relizh Wants to Go

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

Legend has it that not even Stalin could pull down the 2015 European Tree of the Year.

Hundreds of small crosses have been carved into the bark of the trees outside this small Estonian village.

Historic slum of Tartu.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

A wooden replica of France's famous tower.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

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

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

This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

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

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.

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

Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

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