Places slecnave Wants to Go

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.

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

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

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

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

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

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.