A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth.

These two strange cones are actually a system of old nautical navigation beacons.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

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

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

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

This abandoned beacon is moving closer and closer to the sea.

This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.

A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

A bronze replica of an elm tree that honors the victims that perished in Pawaik Prison.

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

The smallest country in Australia is a principled little thing with a friendly emperor.

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

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