Places loquito57 Wants to Go

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

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

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

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

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

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

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

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

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

A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.

This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.

Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.

This Estonian watchtower looks like a big tree with two giant bird nests on it, complete with a "golden egg."

For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.

This unique eatery offers a taste of Estonia's "Onion Route."

Its collection offers a glimpse into the Russian Old Believers' centuries-old way of life.

An abandoned textile factory on the "island of crows" was home to Estonia's first workers' strike.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.