Places Megan Johnson Wants to Go

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

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

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.

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

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

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

A wooden replica of France's famous tower.

This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.

This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.

The secret cells in the basement of the KGB's Estonian "Grey House" have been preserved as a grim Cold War museum.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.