3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

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

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

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

Art and a pun, all in one.

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

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.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

Christ's blood preserved in a Belgian town.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

These fly sculptures are scattered around the city and represent the patron saint of Girona.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.