Budapest, Hungary
Budapest Agriculture Museum
A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.
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Budapest, Hungary
A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.
Budapest, Hungary
A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.
Budapest, Hungary
This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.
Budapest, Hungary
A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.
Budapest, Hungary
A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.
Budapest, Hungary
The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Budapest, Hungary
A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Budapest, Hungary
A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.
Budapest, Hungary
This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.
Riga, Latvia
This controversial monument was designed to lionize the Red Army, but also disheartened the Latvian people.
Lidumnieki, Latvia
This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.
Riga, Latvia
Once one of Riga’s historically important cemeteries, this location is now a quiet park.
Riga, Latvia
A silent forest in Latvia bears witness to a massacre.
Riga, Latvia
This atmospheric museum honors a family who hid Jews during the Nazi occupation of Latvia.
Riga, Latvia
A former graveyard for Riga’s elite is now a large park with elegant monuments.
Riga, Latvia
See an anatomy teaching collection assembled in the 1920s and 1930s.
Riga, Latvia
A collection of expressive stone sculptures in a scenic and serene riverfront location.
Riga, Latvia
Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’
Ungurmuiža, Latvia
One of the best-preserved wooden manor houses in Latvia, decorated with painted interior walls.
Riga, Latvia
A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.