Riga, Latvia
Riga Central Market
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
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Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Riga, Latvia
A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Riga, Latvia
A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Ever-growing collection of devils in art.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.
Bratislava, Slovakia
The largest fountain in Bratislava.
Vilnius, Lithuania
These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.
Kulionys, Lithuania
The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.
Paberžės seniūnija, Lithuania
A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.
Musteika, Lithuania
A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.
Joneikiškės, Lithuania
A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.
Vilnius, Lithuania
While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.
Minsk, Belarus
A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.
Minski rajon, Belarus
Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.
Minsk, Belarus
The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.