This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

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.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

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

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.