This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

Rub it for a bit of good luck.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

A public display of random paleontology.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.

This building features dozens of faces along its facade, although one is a bit chilling.

Lyon's miniature version of the Eiffel Tower was built as a statement in support of French secularism.