The church's remarkable frescoes incorporate Finnish artist Hugh Simberg's trademark themes of death and the supernatural.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

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

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

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

The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.

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

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

These lakeside pictographs were some of the first pieces of prehistoric artwork found in Finland.