Liepāja, Latvia
Karosta North Pier
The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.
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Liepāja, Latvia
The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.
Riga, Latvia
Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.
Riga, Latvia
The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.
Riga, Latvia
A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.
Helsinki, Finland
Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.
Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Oslo, Norway
The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.
Tartu, Estonia
The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.
Tartu, Estonia
The labyrinthine home of the National Archives of Estonia is an experimental blend of architecture, art, and history.
Tartu, Estonia
A historic scientific breakthrough that crosses nine borders.
Tartu, Estonia
First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.
Narva, Estonia
An abandoned textile factory on the "island of crows" was home to Estonia's first workers' strike.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.
Tallinn, Estonia
Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.
Tallinn, Estonia
A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.
Helsinki, Finland
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
Warsaw, Poland
A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Kuopio, Finland
A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.
Lahti, Finland
Every summer, an open-air swimming pool appears at the base of a Finnish city's beloved winter attraction.
Helsinki, Finland
No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.
Warsaw, Poland
Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.
Paris, France
This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.