The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

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

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.

The first monument in Estonia that was made by an Estonian sculptor.

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

Dedicated to the outnumbered Finnish forces who pushed back Soviet forces during the conflict.

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

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

Finland's northernmost zoo is home to the country's only polar bears.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.