This Baltic city preserves 700 Art Nouveau masterpieces hidden behind unmarked wooden doors
Standing on Riga’s Alberta Street at dawn, I’m surrounded by a surreal parade of stone giants, mythical beasts, and screaming masks that cling to elegant facades in frozen perpetuity. The golden morning light catches on ornate flourishes that few travelers ever witness, transforming Latvia’s capital into an architectural fantasyland that feels like stumbling into a … Lire plus