Places sethcwilson Wants to Go

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

A tiny museum dedicated exclusively to the tiny art that decorates matchboxes.

This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

The first designer power line in Estonia.

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.

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

A wooden statue of an Estonian pagan god and King of the Setos stands atop a sacred hill.

This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

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

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

The labyrinthine home of the National Archives of Estonia is an experimental blend of architecture, art, and history.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

Legend says lovers who hold hands while venturing along this stone jetty and kiss at the end will remain together forever.

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

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

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.

The deepest metro station in the world.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

The largest hewn stone in history.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

A national collection of Communist-era musical posters.