Places cobcheese Wants to Go

These 4,444 wooden steps straight up a mountain were built to serve a hydroelectric power station but these days, they're mostly used by hikers.

The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

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

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

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

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.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

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

One of the oldest lighthouses in the world has been in continuous use since it was first built in 1531.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

The widest natural waterfall in Estonia is a sight to see in all seasons.

Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.

The tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries was also the site of a bloody World War II battle.

On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

A marvel of engineering, this road ascends a Norwegian hill through six spirals inside of it.

The world's northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions.