Places njl Wants to Go

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Riga’s historic porcelain industry is preserved in this small, hidden museum.

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

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

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

The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.

This abandoned office building is a lasting example of Soviet-era architecture.

Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.

Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.