Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

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

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

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

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

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

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

Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

Described as one of the Baltic region’s most daring and original construction projects.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

The door to the museum holds a unique artifact from the Finnish Civil War.

This bed and breakfast is steeped in history and offers guests a unique way to experience nature—glass igloos on a frozen lake.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

Nuclear waste experts study this prehistoric crater lake to envision landscapes one million years in the future.

Pigduck of Turku.

The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.