This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

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

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

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

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

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

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

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

The decommissioned submarine is now the symbol of a small, inland Australian town.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.