Places novalinne Wants to Go

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

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.

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

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

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

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

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

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.

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

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.

Meet California's largest recorded lodgepole pine: an 11-story-tall, 440-year-old living relic that has survived centuries of disaster to rank among the world's greatest forest giants.

Santa Monica is one of the world's longest, most beautiful, and least developed beaches: just white sand for miles, a single beach shack, and the concrete shell of an abandoned resort that never got past its foundations.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

No shoes allowed on this trail, which is designed to be experienced barefoot.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.