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

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

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

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.

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

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

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