Helsinki, Finland
'Oma maa mansikka'
This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.
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Helsinki, Finland
This ten-ton fruit sculpture celebrates the Finland homeland.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A unique, playful portrayal of Jesus as a backpacking traveler.
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.
Vilnius, Lithuania
While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.
Vilnius, Lithuania
These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Rub it for a bit of good luck.
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
A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.
Trakai, Lithuania
Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.
Kaunas, Lithuania
The world's first invisible city square is an homage to a man who pushed the boundaries of art.
Kaunas, Lithuania
This magnificent Art Deco church is a reflection of Lithuania’s turbulent history.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Ever-growing collection of devils in art.
Kaunas, Lithuania
An open-air art gallery that aims to share the stories of the people who live around it.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Riga, Latvia
A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.
Riga, Latvia
Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.
Riga, Latvia
This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.