Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.

This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.

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

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

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.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

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

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

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

The labyrinthine home of the National Archives of Estonia is an experimental blend of architecture, art, and history.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Surreal works of unreal stone and metal dot the landscape of this Latvian art park.

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

This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.

Built to ward off Napoleon's army, this city-sized abandoned Russian fort is now perfect for urban exploration.

A historic scientific breakthrough that crosses nine borders.

Historic slum of Tartu.