Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Kyiv's answer to Muscle Beach is a Soviet-era gym made from scrap metal.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

The deepest metro station in the world.

A quirky collection flush with information on commode culture from ancient times to modern day.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

The medieval prince founded the first library in Ukraine at Saint Sophia's Cathedral where he was interred.

A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

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

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

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

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

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

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

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.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

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

A city block packed with whimsical sculptures that seem to be plucked from a tiled fantasy world.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.