This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

An underground nightclub helped spark a "Singing Revolution."

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

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

This controversial statue once honoured a Russian Field Marshall, before ultimately being dismantled in a push to remove symbols of Russian influence.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.

Once a year, local students "clean" this statue with a champagne shower.

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

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

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

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

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.