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

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

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

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

The deepest metro station in the world.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.