Places stenaavel Wants to Go

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

An impressive ensemble of sculptures that survived the Soviet regime.

A WWII museum that tries to reenact history.

Described as one of the Baltic region’s most daring and original construction projects.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

A Latvian rescuer who saved countless lives during World War II.

One of the best-preserved wooden manor houses in Latvia, decorated with painted interior walls.

A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

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

A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

Troublesome students were detained in this tiny graffiti-covered university jail.

Learn to drink tea like an Estonian at this museum.

See tools once used for processing this coffee-substitute plant before sampling its flavor firsthand.

Its collection offers a glimpse into the Russian Old Believers' centuries-old way of life.

This unique eatery offers a taste of Estonia's "Onion Route."

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