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This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

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

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

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

Dedicated to the untimely death of American balloonist and parachutist.

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.

This park built on a former fortress has a reputation for romance.

The first monument in Estonia that was made by an Estonian sculptor.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

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

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

A museum showcasing the life of "Buffalo Bill"

Dedicated to the humanitarian efforts of the state's former governor.

A mother’s sweet tradition lives on with this unique memorial.