Riga, Latvia
P. Stradins Museum for History of Medicine
Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.
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Riga, Latvia
Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.
Kuldīga, Latvia
The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.
Naudītes Pagasts, Latvia
Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.
Riga, Latvia
The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.
Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Riga, Latvia
A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.
Ligatne, Latvia
A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.
Liepāja, Latvia
The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.
Riga, Latvia
This controversial statue once honoured a Russian Field Marshall, before ultimately being dismantled in a push to remove symbols of Russian influence.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Salantai, Lithuania
Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.
Gruta, Lithuania
Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.
Vilnius, Lithuania
An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.
Stockholm, Sweden
This grisly exhibit houses skeletons and weapons from a devastating 14th-century clash.
Stockholm, Sweden
Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.
Stockholm, Sweden
The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.
Stockholm, Sweden
A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.
Stockholm, Sweden
A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.
Stockholm, Sweden
An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.
Stockholm, Sweden
It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.