A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.

A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

A Latvian rescuer who saved countless lives during World War II.

Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

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

A collection of historical engines and rolling stock from throughout Riga's rich railway history.

An 11th-century runestone decorates the halls of Terminal 2 of this Scandinavian travel hub.

A medieval church that contains murals from famed artist Albertus Pictor.

Hundreds of signs pointing to the birthplaces of current Helsinki residents form stalactites on the ceiling of the cave-like Kamppi metro station.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

A massive tribute to Estonian history and culture.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

Visitors can sit and study the board with this Estonian chess legend and International Grandmaster.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

One man's journey to return a stone to its point of origin after 200,000 years.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.