Places Lillive Wants to Go

See an anatomy teaching collection assembled in the 1920s and 1930s.

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

A subtle memorial marks where a human chain protested Soviet control in 1989.

A former graveyard for Riga’s elite is now a large park with elegant monuments.

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

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

A collection of historical engines and rolling stock from throughout Riga's rich railway history.

Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’

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

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

With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.

A map store filled with original Cold War era Russian maps of the world.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

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

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

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

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

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.