A sprawling ancient Jewish cemetery with over 30 rock-hewn burial caves.

The tallest waterfall in the Judean Desert is named for its connection to a biblical figure.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.

First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.

For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.

This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

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.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

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

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

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

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

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

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

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

The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.