Places rigor Wants to Go

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

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

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

Launch site for nuclear war against Western Europe.

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

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

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

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

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

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

This futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

The largest underground church in Europe.