Kuldīga, Latvia
The Venta Rapid
The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.
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Kuldīga, Latvia
The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.
Lidumnieki, Latvia
This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.
Tbilisi, Georgia
At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.
Georgia
This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.
Georgia
Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.
Batumi, Georgia
A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.
Georgia
A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.
Gori, Georgia
A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Georgia
Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
Neringos savivaldybė, Lithuania
A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.
Lithuania
Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Ever-growing collection of devils in art.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Gruta, Lithuania
Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
A WWII museum that tries to reenact history.