Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.

Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

Rent a barrel for a personal view of where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga.

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

This ornate church has survived Nazi and Soviet occupation, including a short stint as a Soviet-era gymnasium and cinema.

A WWII museum that tries to reenact history.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

Open-air museum with a large collection of Soviet-era statues.

This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.

The largest coin pyramid in the world is a carefully balanced stack of over 1,000,000 pieces.

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 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.