Tallinn, Estonia
The Bronze Soldier of Tallinn
This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.
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Tallinn, Estonia
This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.
Saaremaa, Estonia
Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.
Tallinn, Estonia
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
Varstu Parish, Estonia
A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.
Žagarė, Lithuania
What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.
Joneikiškės, Lithuania
A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.
Salantai, Lithuania
Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.
Juodkrantė, Lithuania
Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.
Sabile, Latvia
Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.
Abava parish, Latvia
Surreal works of unreal stone and metal dot the landscape of this Latvian art park.
Irbene, Latvia
This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.
Lidumnieki, Latvia
This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.
Helsinki, Finland
A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.
Enontekiö, Finland
This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Malmö, Sweden
20-foot tall lamp mumbles Swedish to celebrate the holidays.
Malmö, Sweden
Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.
Ängelholm V, Sweden
A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.
Höganäs, Sweden
Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.
Bodo, Norway
World's strongest whirlpool.
Oslo, Norway
Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Ever-growing collection of devils in art.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Slampe, Latvia
Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.