With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A devilish mask still mocks a king’s rumored love nest across the street.

Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

Grand Orthodox cathedral with walls filled with frescoes and icons.

The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.

A traditional Nepalese window blends into the historic merchant district of Old Nara Town.

This bizarrely tree-like red skyscraper is one of the newer additions to Barcelona’s skyline.

It’s a painted window that looks completely real, hiding on a building in the market square.

A World War II-era sign in Valletta is a reminder of when Malta was besieged so severely that food needed to be rationed.

This is one of the very few intact windmills built by the Knights of St. John in the island nation of Malta.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

A tiny street lined with eleven distinct Tanuki statues, each representing a different wish.

In a fusion of myth and mischief, this statue is a testament to this university's quest for both knowledge and pleasure

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

Visitors sometimes leave flowers in honor of this writer and lesbian icon.

A cast iron Fiat 500 sculpture overlooks the sea at Port Lympia.

Soviet-era gates guard an unexpected urban forest—and a future U.S. embassy.

An iron dragon with a long neck covered in feathery scales perched above one of Venice's most popular squares.

Complex tile installations designed by a renowned Polish artist in a Warsaw subway.

The remnants of what was once the longest bridge in the world.