Places tommimeckley2 Wants to Go

This Latvian shot factory is still used twice a year to manufacture bullets the old-fashioned way.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This abandoned beacon is moving closer and closer to the sea.

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

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

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.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

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

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

Abandoned Roman Catholic chapel abused by Satanists before being restored.

This almost-forgotten underground dungeon housed several convicts over the years, including Caravaggio.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

Enigmatic tombs and cave dwellings on the outskirts of a rural village.

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.