Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

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

This ducal residence was once home to a future Russian empress and a French king in exile.

This seaside pine grove features an exclusive watchtower that presents amazing views.

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

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.

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

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

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

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

One of the newest mosques in a city filled with thousands.