A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This atmospheric spot in Pärnu's historic old town is located in a 17th-century almshouse.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

The labyrinthine home of the National Archives of Estonia is an experimental blend of architecture, art, and history.

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

Legend says lovers who hold hands while venturing along this stone jetty and kiss at the end will remain together forever.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

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

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

This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.

This abandoned beacon is moving closer and closer to the sea.

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

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

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

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

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

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

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