A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.

A subtle memorial marks where a human chain protested Soviet control in 1989.

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.

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.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

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.

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

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

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.