The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

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

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

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

The pyramid and dome deep inside the Dzūkija forest are believed to channel divine energy.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

A 300-kilogram egg sculpture that embodied a neighborhood revival.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

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

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

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.