Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia
Fortress Patarei
A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.
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Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia
A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.
Tallinn, Estonia
This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.
Tallinn, Estonia
This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Tallinn, Estonia
Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.
Tallinn, Estonia
During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.
Tallinn, Estonia
A monument commemorating the 852 lives lost in the sinking of the MS Estonia.
Helsinki, Finland
Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.
Helsinki, Finland
This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.
Helsinki, Finland
Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.
Helsinki, Finland
These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A wide array of locomotives call this outdoor museum home.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.
Vilnius, Lithuania
An angel that hatched from an egg!
Vilnius, Lithuania
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Vilnius, Lithuania
An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.
Vilnius, Lithuania
While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.
Warsaw, Poland
Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.
Warsaw, Poland
The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Warsaw, Poland
This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.