When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.

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

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

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

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

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

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.

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

Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.