A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

In the waters outside Helsinki, a tiny island once used as a military outpost now welcomes visitors.

On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.

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

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

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

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

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

This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

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

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

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

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

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.