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

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

How this choice of tombstone came to be is still a mystery.

A unique museum dedicated to the famed Soviet director and other cinema greats.

Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.

This ornate church has survived Nazi and Soviet occupation, including a short stint as a Soviet-era gymnasium and cinema.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

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

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

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

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.

Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.

Built to ward off Napoleon's army, this city-sized abandoned Russian fort is now perfect for urban exploration.

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

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

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

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

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

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

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