An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

A wide array of locomotives call this outdoor museum home.

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

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

This seaside pine grove features an exclusive watchtower that presents amazing views.

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

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

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.

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

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

A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.