This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.

A tribute to the city's rich history of shipbuilding.

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

At first glance, this area seems like just another city park, but the lush landscape hides a dark past.

A 19th-century pharmacy converted into a bookstore.

A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.

This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.

A Soviet era flat that refused to conform to the dull gray standards.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

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

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

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

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

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

The final resting place of one of the most important figures in the world of tea.

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’

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

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

This oversized tribute to the nation's tiniest coin highlights the value of small contributions.