Places scienceballer Wants to Go

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

A large boulder was declared a local landmark by a popular vlogger.

A massive tribute to Estonian history and culture.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

The widest natural waterfall in Estonia is a sight to see in all seasons.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

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

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

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.

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

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

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

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