The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

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

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.

Built to ward off Napoleon's army, this city-sized abandoned Russian fort is now perfect for urban exploration.

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.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

Ever loyal to Roma, the small village of Albe in the Abruzzo region carried on until an earthquake did it in.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.