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

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

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

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

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.

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.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

One of Manchester’s museums has gathered and preserved British political paraphernalia covering over 200 years.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

More than 500 years after his death, a medieval ruler's remains were found buried under a parking lot.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

The museum houses one of the world's largest shoe collections, boasting over 12,000 pairs.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.