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

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

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

The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

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

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

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

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

The cemetery houses the remains of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, one of Japan's most famous novelists.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.