The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

An infamous house made famous by director Takashi Shimizu.

A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.