A medieval church built up to defend its village.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

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

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.