Naudītes Pagasts, Latvia
Pokaini Forest
Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.
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Naudītes Pagasts, Latvia
Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.
Mazirbe, Latvia
These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.
Kuldīga, Latvia
The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.
Irlavas pagasts, Latvia
A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.
Slampe, Latvia
Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.
Liepāja, Latvia
These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
A WWII museum that tries to reenact history.
Pušaloto seniūnija, Lithuania
This lonely Lithuanian chapel looks more beautiful and haunting in decline than it ever did in life.
Vilnius, Lithuania
While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.
Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania
You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.
Gruta, Lithuania
Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.
Žagarė, Lithuania
What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Neringos savivaldybė, Lithuania
A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.
Salantai, Lithuania
Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.
Joneikiškės, Lithuania
A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.
Paberžės seniūnija, Lithuania
A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.
Merkinė, Lithuania
Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.
Juodkrantė, Lithuania
Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.
Los Albaricoques, Spain
This small Spanish village still pays homage to the Spaghetti Western films that were shot there in the 1960s.