A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

This ducal residence was once home to a future Russian empress and a French king in exile.

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

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

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

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

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

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.

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.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.