Abava parish, Latvia
Pedvale Open Air Art Museum
Surreal works of unreal stone and metal dot the landscape of this Latvian art park.
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Abava parish, Latvia
Surreal works of unreal stone and metal dot the landscape of this Latvian art park.
Sabile, Latvia
Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.
Lidumnieki, Latvia
This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.
Zlēkas parish, Latvia
The only things left in this abandoned Latvian graveyard are a mysterious stone and a ghost story.
Laadla, Estonia
A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.
Irbene, Latvia
This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.
Latvia
Rent a barrel for a personal view of where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga.
Liepāja, Latvia
This ornate church has survived Nazi and Soviet occupation, including a short stint as a Soviet-era gymnasium and cinema.
Liepāja, Latvia
Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.
Lithuania
Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.
Salantai, Lithuania
Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
A WWII museum that tries to reenact history.
Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania
An impressive ensemble of sculptures that survived the Soviet regime.
Poland
A small granite monument marks where the borders of three countries meet.
Rapa, Poland
A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.
Mamerki, Poland
This lakeside bunker complex in Mamerki, Poland, housed the Supreme Military Command of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Leśniewo, Poland
Built to transport German U-boats through the never-completed Masurian Canal, the locks near this Polish village are now home to a rope course.
Kętrzyn County, Poland
This hilltop ruin is of the hundreds of stone columns built in tribute to the first German chancellor.
Parcz, Poland
A miniatures park with a model of Wolf's Lair as it looked during World War II.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Szafarnia, Poland
The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.
Torun, Poland
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
Malbork, Poland
This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.