Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

This behemoth bovine guards an Estonian town and is a memorial to the lost species.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

This decommissioned nuclear power plant offers tours of its Communist-era control room and reactor hall.

This seaside pine grove features an exclusive watchtower that presents amazing views.

A massive collection of petroglyphs dating back some 40,000 years.

The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.

This narrow fjord-like bay is the largest ria in the Mediterranean Sea.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

In a divided Germany, Potsdam's "central" train station was relocated to the city's southern suburbs to avoid West Berlin.

Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

This controversial monument was designed to lionize the Red Army, but also disheartened the Latvian people.

The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.

This 135-year-old weather station studied the effects of the climate on human health.

A World War II evacuation tunnel turned into a history display of Croatian state and people.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

Inside this medieval church resides a unique set of murals.