Places slecnave Wants to Go

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

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.

The first modernist church in Europe.

A glimpse into the festive and private lives of medieval Europe.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

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

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

This Ottoman-era church is hidden amid a busy tourist area.