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Kaunas, Lithuania

Monument to the Victims of Fascism

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
serflac Added by serflac
Salantai, Lithuania

Orvidas Garden

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.
serflac Added by serflac
Vilnius, Lithuania

Vilnil Museum of Illusions

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.
Added by Onut
Daugavpils, Latvia

Daugavpils Fortress

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

Cinevilla

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.
serflac Added by serflac
Riga, Latvia

Riga Central Market

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Dampo Added by Dampo
Riga, Latvia

The Corner House

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Lidumnieki, Latvia

Skrunda-1

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.
Fragglehunter Added by Fragglehunter
Smaliavicki rajon, Belarus

Mound of Glory

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Hrodna, Belarus

Museum of Malformations of the Human Body

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.
hrnick Added by hrnick
Brest, Belarus

Museum of Confiscated Art

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Brest, Belarus

Brest Hero-Fortress

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Tallinn, Estonia

Old Thomas

The Guardian of Tallinn.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn Kiek in de Kök

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Tallinn, Estonia

Ichthus Art Gallery

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.
Added by gretchenmora
Tallinn, Estonia

Haunted Guest House

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Piusa, Estonia

Piusa Sand Caves

Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.
serflac Added by serflac
Kaali, Estonia

Kaali Meteorite Crater Field

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.
Trevor Added by Trevor
Rummu, Estonia

Rummu Underwater Prison

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Tallinn, Estonia

KGB Museum

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Melissa Marshall Added by Melissa Marshall
Wicklow, Ireland

Seefin Passage Tomb

This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.
noeldonnellon Added by noeldonnellon
Drogheda, Ireland

St. Oliver Plunkett's Head

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.
Added by trigger2lips
Carlow, Ireland

Brownshill Dolmen

The largest portal tomb in Europe has a capstone weighing around 150 tons.
solo1y Added by solo1y
Sligo, Ireland

Benbulben Barite Mine

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.
UrbexJunkie Added by UrbexJunkie