Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.

This magnificent Art Deco church is a reflection of Lithuania’s turbulent history.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

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

Rub it for a bit of good luck.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

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

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.