This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

The only things left in this abandoned Latvian graveyard are a mysterious stone and a ghost story.

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

Built to ward off Napoleon's army, this city-sized abandoned Russian fort is now perfect for urban exploration.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

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

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

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

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

This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

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

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.

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

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

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

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

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.