Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

This wooden recreation of a 9th century lake village looks as though it was built yesterday (which it relatively was).

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

Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.

Built to ward off Napoleon's army, this city-sized abandoned Russian fort is now perfect for urban exploration.

A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

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

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

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

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

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

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

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

It marks the spot where the high-ranking British officer died during the Falklands War.

Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.

An ever-growing field of footwear invites legends and more shoes.

A hilltop collection of crosses remembering the hundreds of Argentine troops who fell during the Falklands War.

A small cemetery remembers the British troops who fell during the Falklands War.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.

This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.