A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.

No one knows who's responsible for decorating this tunnel with stuffed animals, but the people love it enough to protest their removal.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

This trio of stone spires claims to be the only preserved medieval execution site in Europe.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.

The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

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

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

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

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

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

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.

This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.

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

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

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