Daugavpils, Latvia
Daugavpils Shot Tower
This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.
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Daugavpils, Latvia
This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.
Visaginas, Lithuania
Originally built for nuclear power plant workers, this church sits between apartment buildings.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Rub it for a bit of good luck.
Lviv, Ukraine
This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.
Lviv, Ukraine
A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv
Sarandë District, Albania
A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.
Corfu, Greece
This Greek Orthodox church houses the mummified body of St. Spyridon.
Wrocław, Poland
The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
London, England
This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.
London, England
The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Vilnius, Lithuania
These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
Vilnius, Lithuania
While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.
Barcelona, Spain
A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.
Barcelona, Spain
A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.