Gruta, Lithuania
Grūtas Park
Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.
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Gruta, Lithuania
Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A unique, playful portrayal of Jesus as a backpacking traveler.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A wide array of locomotives call this outdoor museum home.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
Helsinki, Finland
This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.
Helsinki, Finland
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
Helsinki, Finland
Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
Helsinki, Finland
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Tampere, Finland
The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.
Tampere, Finland
The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.
Vitteaux, France
This UFO crash-landed on the outskirts of a French town in 2009.
Ulan-Ude, Russia
This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
New York, New York
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
Besançon, France
One of the world's most complex timepieces.