Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

An artful memorial to 4,000 fateful oranges.

A unique Soviet mosaic preserved on the facade of a shoe factory in Lviv.

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.

A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.

The largest park in Lviv is surrounded by a network of disused rail tracks.

This street has over a half-dozen names, all at once.

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

Sculpture that doubles as a time capsule so that life can survive radiation outside Chernobyl.