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

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

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.

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

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

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.