Torun, Poland
Nicolaus Copernicus House
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
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Torun, Poland
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
Rapa, Poland
A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.
Łapalice, Poland
This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Warsaw, Poland
The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.
Warsaw, Poland
A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.
Prague, Czechia
Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
Prague, Czechia
Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Ridala Parish, Estonia
The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.
Tallinn, Estonia
Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.
Kose Parish, Estonia
This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.
Tallinn, Estonia
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
Kaali, Estonia
Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
Tallinn, Estonia
A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.
Riga, Latvia
The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.
Riga, Latvia
A former graveyard for Riga’s elite is now a large park with elegant monuments.
Madona, Latvia
A haunting memorial to those who lost their lives to the Nazi regime lies hidden in the woods.
Riga, Latvia
See an anatomy teaching collection assembled in the 1920s and 1930s.
Riga, Latvia
Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’
Riga, Latvia
A collection of expressive stone sculptures in a scenic and serene riverfront location.
Jelgava, Latvia
The Jelgava Palace holds one of the few burial places of governor’s dynasties that is open to the public.
Daugavpils, Latvia
This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.