Places pierro69740 Wants to Go

The Jelgava Palace holds one of the few burial places of governor’s dynasties that is open to the public.

How this choice of tombstone came to be is still a mystery.

This ducal residence was once home to a future Russian empress and a French king in exile.

Surreal works of unreal stone and metal dot the landscape of this Latvian art park.

Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.

This wooden recreation of a 9th century lake village looks as though it was built yesterday (which it relatively was).

This ornate church has survived Nazi and Soviet occupation, including a short stint as a Soviet-era gymnasium and cinema.

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

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

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

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

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.