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The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

This 16th-century cemetery became a recreational park during the Soviet occupation—today it's a little bit of both.

A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

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

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

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

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

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

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

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

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

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.