Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.

This magnificent Art Deco church is a reflection of Lithuania’s turbulent history.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

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

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

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

This controversial monument was designed to lionize the Red Army, but also disheartened the Latvian people.

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

This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.

This ducal residence was once home to a future Russian empress and a French king in exile.

A unique museum dedicated to the famed Soviet director and other cinema greats.

Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.

This abandoned beacon is moving closer and closer to the sea.

This seaside pine grove features an exclusive watchtower that presents amazing views.

This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.