Tallinn, Estonia
St Catherine's Passage
A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.
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Tallinn, Estonia
A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.
Tallinn, Estonia
Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Tallinn, Estonia
A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Tallinn, Estonia
A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.
Tallinn, Estonia
The first monument in Estonia that was made by an Estonian sculptor.
Tallinn, Estonia
Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.
Tallinn, Estonia
This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.
Helsinki, Finland
This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
This memorial complex contains several mass graves for victims of the Siege of Leningrad.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.
Moscow, Russia
Gargantuan home of Russian science.
Moscow, Russia
This massive monument honors the first human in space.
Moscow, Russia
Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.
Moscow, Russia
It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia
One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.
Moscow, Russia
World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Moscow, Russia
Former headquarters of the KGB.
Moscow, Russia
Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.
Moscow, Russia
For lovers of Soviet cinema, this museum is home to a vast collection of artifacts and costumes.
Moscow, Russia
An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.
Vientiane, Laos
More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.