Places positivelypossessed Wants to Go

The only things left in this abandoned Latvian graveyard are a mysterious stone and a ghost story.

A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.

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

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

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

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

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

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

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

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

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

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

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

The pyramid and dome deep inside the Dzūkija forest are believed to channel divine energy.

The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.

Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.

While this monument tile is shrouded in mystery it also marks the end of the longest ever human chain.

A small monument in Lithuania marks the geographic center of Europe—or at least one of the claimants.

Travelers who fall victim to this mermaid's charms are destined to stay in Užupis forever.

A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.

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

Things aren't quite what they seem at this mind-bending museum.

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

The final resting place of the last "gypsy king" of Poland.