Places scheung Wants to Go

This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

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

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

Some of the best-preserved specimens of the monumental medieval tombstones found throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

The northernmost point of continental Africa—or is it?

This gem of Moorish architecture is slowly disintegrating along the coast of this charming town.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

Before this rocky hill was home to a chapel, it was used as a lookout by Romans and Moors.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

Take a few seconds to look at this abandoned, art-filled station as you pass by on the subway to Ueno.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.