Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

A miraculous three-handed portrait of a saint can be found inside this church.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

Described as one of the Baltic region’s most daring and original construction projects.

A 100-plus-year-old mill transformed into a hotel and restaurant.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

The pyramid and dome deep inside the Dzūkija forest are believed to channel divine energy.

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

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

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

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

Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

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

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

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

Monastery complex at the location where bodies of the executed Romanov royal family were discovered.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.