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This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

A wooden replica of France's famous tower.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

It's rumored this unique Baltic beacon was designed by Gustave Eiffel himself.

The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

An open-air art gallery that aims to share the stories of the people who live around it.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

The river-powered ferry dates back to 1970s.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

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.

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

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

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

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

This feat of German engineering is one of the only elevators in the world following a curved path.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.