Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

A mushroom-shaped outcropping that has come to be the symbol for an entire town.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

Visit the natural wonder inspired by an indigenous legend and the quaint town that bears its name.

A silent forest in Latvia bears witness to a massacre.

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

A Latvian rescuer who saved countless lives during World War II.

A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

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

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

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

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

Rub it for a bit of good luck.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.