Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

The former Field Marshall and Minister of War to the Russian Imperial Army.

This controversial monument was designed to lionize the Red Army, but also disheartened the Latvian people.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

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

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

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

Described as one of the Baltic region’s most daring and original construction projects.

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

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

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