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A wealthy aristocratic family built this Disney-worthy, fairy-tale castle.

A tribute to the man who invented basketball stands in his Canadian hometown.

The country estate of renowned Ukrainian-born artist Ilya Repin.

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

A window into the luxurious lives led by the landed gentry of Minsk before the 1917 Revolution.

A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.

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

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

This atmospheric spot in Pärnu's historic old town is located in a 17th-century almshouse.

The last king of Poland was interred in this church nearly 200 years after his death.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.

Its collection offers a glimpse into the Russian Old Believers' centuries-old way of life.

Witness traditional silk production in the Uzbek city that's been a hub of sericulture for over a thousand years.

Though it was heavily modified, fragments of the original medieval cathedral still survive.

An engineering marvel at the time of its construction, this cross-border waterway sought to connect the Black Sea to the Baltic.