Naudītes Pagasts, Latvia
Pokaini Forest
Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.
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Naudītes Pagasts, Latvia
Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.
Liepāja, Latvia
These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.
Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Musteika, Lithuania
A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.
Merkinė, Lithuania
Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.
Trakai, Lithuania
Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Ever-growing collection of devils in art.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.
Juodkrantė, Lithuania
Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.
Minsk, Belarus
This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.
Pereiaslav, Ukraine
A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Remains of a station that only operated for one year.
Tarakaniv, Ukraine
This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."
Mizhhirs'kyi district, Ukraine
This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.
Kamianets'-podil's'kyi, Ukraine
This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.
Pidhirtsi, Ukraine
One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.
Chornobyl, Ukraine
The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.
Borshchivs'kyi district, Ukraine
A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."
Odesa, Ukraine
The largest catacomb system in the world.