This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

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

This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

At the base of this tower, a plaque marks the original center point of the Netherlands.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

The northernmost point in Denmark is a turbulent sandbar created by two clashing seas.

Two gold-painted post boxes to celebrate a local Olympic gold medallist.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

Britain's answer to the NSA is based out of this deliciously-named circular headquarters.

The tomb of a deposed king that drew medieval pilgrims to Gloucester

The elegant ruined arches of a Franciscan friary in central Gloucester

This fantastic museum honors Gloucester waterway heritage.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.