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

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

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

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

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

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

No building in the world leans as far as the so-called “Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi.”

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.