Places suzie94 Wants to Go

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

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

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

According to legend, this is the burial place of a mythical three-legged death omen horse.

Just off the city’s central station hides a quaint lamp-lit alley into medieval Elsinore.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

This Danish castle is supposedly haunted by a woman too independent to not be a witch.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

This giant crucifix is like U2's Joshua Tree for Swedish death metal fans.

The final resting place of the man whose name has become synonymous with greatness.