This controversial statue once honoured a Russian Field Marshall, before ultimately being dismantled in a push to remove symbols of Russian influence.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

Contrasting the old concrete courthouse beneath, a modern and colorful residential marvel has emerged, stirring both acclaim and controversy.

The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

The artwork mysteriously appeared within an Edinburgh cemetery.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.