This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

These waste baskets play a few risque messages to discourage littering.

This quarry filled with 65 million-year-old limestone is now home to a nature reserve.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

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

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

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

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

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

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

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

This hole formed by a glacier is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in Stockholm.

This contemplative sculpture made out of old machine parts is meant to be the first in a series of sculptures around the world.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.