This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

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

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.

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

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

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.

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

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

Legend says lovers who hold hands while venturing along this stone jetty and kiss at the end will remain together forever.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.