Berlin, Germany
Friede sei mit Dir
This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.
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Berlin, Germany
This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Schwerin, Germany
A city's controversial tribute to its founder depicts townspeople flashing their bare behinds.
Lübeck, Germany
Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.
Lübeck, Germany
A tilted half-timbered house from 1672 is built into a salvaged segment of a medieval wall.
Lübeck, Germany
The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.
Lübeck, Germany
Dancing skeletal figures pay homage to a medieval mural destroyed during World War II.
Lübeck, Germany
A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.
Lübeck, Germany
The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.
Lübeck, Germany
A stunning two-story timepiece within a medieval Brick Gothic church.
Hamburg, Germany
A charming and enigmatic sculpture of a lynx haunts the park of Kellinghusen.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.
Hamburg, Germany
This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.
Helsinki, Finland
Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Helsinki, Finland
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
Jūrmala, Latvia
This seaside pine grove features an exclusive watchtower that presents amazing views.
Slampe, Latvia
Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.
Irlavas pagasts, Latvia
A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.
Kuldīga, Latvia
The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.
Lidumnieki, Latvia
This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.
Naudītes Pagasts, Latvia
Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Described as one of the Baltic region’s most daring and original construction projects.