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Neseblod Records

This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.

Added by kinelaugbrun

The Devil of Oslo

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

Runar

'She Lies'

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

Added by DenverApplehans

Oslo Opera House

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Sunniva

Added by Sunniva

Riga Radio and Television Tower

The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.

Dark Nebula Deluxe

Added by Dark Nebula Deluxe

Monument to the Latvian Riflemen

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

katielou106

Added by katielou106

Remembrance Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

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Added by katielou106

First-Ever Public Christmas Tree Marker

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

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Jauniela (New Street)

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

Will Mawhood

Added by Will Mawhood

House of the Blackheads

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

Global Sightseer

Added by Global Sightseer

Castle of Light

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

Added by DenverApplehans

Black Cat of Riga

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

Dampo

Art Nouveau in Riga

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

The Three Brothers

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

Added by osamms

Riga Central Market

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Dampo

Florence, Italy

Gipsoteca Bartolini

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Meg

Florence, Italy

Galileo's Middle Finger

The middle finger of modernity.

michelle

Added by michelle

Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Arch of Gallienus

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Added by brickhound

Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Dylan

Medici Column

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Dylan

Fountain of Innocents

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

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Added by satxwdavis

Centre Pompidou

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

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Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Douaumont Ossuary

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.