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Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi, Ukraine

Akkerman Fortress

A fortress so fought-over it earned sixteen different names,

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Odesa, Ukraine

Seventh-Kilometer Market

Odesa's Seventh-Kilometer Market is so vast its name is painted on rooftops—visible from space and airplane windows alike.

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Gdansk, Poland

SS Sołdek

Poland's first post-WWII ship was named after a living shock worker who completed 206% of his quota—his wife christened it.

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Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Fondation J.P. Pescatore

A Napoleonic deserter turned tobacco baron left his fortune to build this 1892 retirement home, after creating Europe's largest orchid collection.

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Lindau, Germany

Lindau Harbor Entrance

A 50-tonne lion and Bavaria's only lighthouse, reclaimed after being sold to the wrong state.

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Vilnius, Lithuania

Church of St. Anne

Napoleon's army stabled horses inside this 1500 Gothic church, built with shooting openings as part of Vilnius's defensive walls.

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Kraków, Poland

Princes Czartoryski Museum

A museum born in exile: the Czartoryskis fled Poland with their Leonardo in 1831, returned 45 years later, and built a bridge.

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Lviv, Ukraine

Lviv House of Scientists

Built for horse breeders in 1898, this was Lviv's first electric building, and the casino name fooled everyone.

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Kyiv, Ukraine

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

The red paint predates WWI by 72 years, but tour guides still blame Nicholas II for the color choice that actually matched an imperial order's ribbon.

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Kamianets'-podil's'kyi, Ukraine

Dominican Church of St Nicholas

Inside this Ukrainian church stands an Ottoman-era Muslim pulpit from the 1670s: installed for a sultan's wife, never removed.

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Lviv, Ukraine

Lviv Central Station

Lviv's got a ticket to ride.