This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.

This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

This controversial statue once honoured a Russian Field Marshall, before ultimately being dismantled in a push to remove symbols of Russian influence.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

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

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

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

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

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.

The first designer power line in Estonia.

Once a year, local students "clean" this statue with a champagne shower.

This stunning limestone waterfall is the highest in Estonia.

This atmospheric spot in Pärnu's historic old town is located in a 17th-century almshouse.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.

A wooden replica of France's famous tower.

Two old windmills got a new life as oversized sculptures of a man and a woman.