Lithuania

Places in this region

Image of The Museum of Historical Memory located in Veiveriai, Lithuania | A bronze relief of Juozas Luksa-Daumantas, Lithuanian partisan.
Veiveriai, Lithuania

The Museum of Historical Memory

An exhibit dedicated to a Lithuanian partisan

A subdivision of The Museum of Preienai in Lithuania, the Museum of Historical Memory opened in 2008 and houses an exhibit of Lithuanian partisan, Juozas Luksa–Daumantas. After World War II,... »

Museums and Collections | Edited by acclarkey and Dylan

Image of Orvydas Garden located in Salantai, Lithuania
Salantai, Lithuania

Orvydas Garden

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule

Although the Soviet Union softened after Stalin's death, life under Khrushchev still wasn't easy for artists and religious people, especially in the satellite states. Being both an artist, and a... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

Image of Hill of Witches located in Juodkrante, Lithuania
Juodkrante, Lithuania

Hill of Witches

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art

Just off the main street in Juodkrante, Lithuania, the forest is alive with a vast array of fairy-tale creatures, crow-monsters, devils and saxophonists. Known as the Hill of Witches, this public... »

Outsider Art, Rites and Rituals | Edited by serflac and atimian

Image of Dvina Missile Silo located in Plateliai, Lithuania | A launch silo, stretching 100 feet into the ground
Plateliai, Lithuania

Dvina Missile Silo

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union could have hit the United Kingdom with a nuclear warhead with only four minutes warning. There was no time for reaction or defense, placing the entire British... »

Retro-Tech, Disaster Areas, Subterranean Sites | Edited by serflac and atimian

Image of Devils' Museum located in Kaunas, Lithuania
Kaunas, Lithuania

Devils' Museum

Ever-growing collection of devils in art

Attention tourists looking to make a once in a lifetime deal: Do you want all the earthly pleasures known to man? Do you have a soul? Do you have a desire to keep said soul? If not, stop on by the... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

Image of europos parkas located in Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania

europos parkas

art sculpture park in the centrum of europe

20 minutes of centre vilnius by bus Europos Parkas, Joneikiskiu k., LT-15148 Vilniaus r., Lituania. http://www.europosparkas.lt/index.html »

| Edited by serflac

Image of Kulgrindas located in Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius, Lithuania

Kulgrindas

Underwater roads undetectable from the surface used for escape routes from foreign invaders

Hidden underwater, these stony roads were built across swamps and swampy areas to be used for defense from foreign invaders. Known only to the locals (and undetectable from the surface), they were... »

Inspired Inventions, Cultures and Civilizations , Architectural Oddities | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Image of Hill of Crosses located in Tautiniai, Lithuania | View of the pilgrimage site.
Tautiniai, Lithuania

Hill of Crosses

Old hill fort covered in over 50,000 crosses as a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs

Located 12 km north of the town of Siauliai, in northern Lithuania, the Hill of Crosses occupies a low rise of ground once thought to have been a Domantai, or hill fort. The nearby city was... »

Curious Places of Worship | Edited by ronin, Nicholas Jackson and others

Image of Grūtas Park located in Druskininkai, Lithuania
Druskininkai, Lithuania

Grūtas Park

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

Grūtas Park is an open-air museum near a small resort town Druskininkai (about 130 km southwest of capital town Vilnius), with a large collection of Soviet-era statues and an exposition of other... »

Museums and Collections, Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by mytrips_lt and Dylan