Places ariellemia Wants to Go

One of the best-preserved wooden manor houses in Latvia, decorated with painted interior walls.

A silent forest in Latvia bears witness to a massacre.

Two old windmills got a new life as oversized sculptures of a man and a woman.

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

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

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

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

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

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

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A Latvian rescuer who saved countless lives during World War II.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

This atmospheric museum honors a family who hid Jews during the Nazi occupation of Latvia.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

Once one of Riga’s historically important cemeteries, this location is now a quiet park.

A collection of expressive stone sculptures in a scenic and serene riverfront location.

The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.

This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.

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

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

The last remaining example of a painted house from the medieval period in Nice.