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Oviši Lighthouse and Soviet border guard

The pillars of the former German army bridge near Radze

North Pier and Battery No.3 in Karosta

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Open ammunition depots, lightning conductors, wells

Valka railway station (Valka II). Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association

Iron bridge over the Gauja River in Valmiera

Saxby (Vormsi) lighthouse. Photo by Silja Lehtpuu

Section of the German military railway on the Mercendarbe-Skarbe route

Soviet Army Military Base in the Green Forest / “Bunker” Park of Ideas

Exhibition “Latvian Army in Pļaviņas in the 20th Century”

The former building of Jelgava Secondary School No. 2 today. Photo: A. Barševskis

The building of Jelgava Secondary School No. 2 at Filozofu Street 50, where members of the youth resistance organization “Three-Star Column” studied in 1945

Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre

Tour of the Irbene radio telescope complex

During the tour, visitors have the opportunity to see the RT-8 tower and the expositions located in it about the operation of RT-32 and RT-16 during the USSR, which at that time operated as a space intelligence station. Excursionists will have the opportunity to see the "old" RT-16 antenna, as well as the rest of the territory, as well as a hike through the underground tunnel.

Šiauliai (Zapalskiai) nuclear arsenal - nuclear warhead storage facility

Photographer Kristupas Armonaitis (Apleistazona.lt). From: "Missile Base near Šilutė", in: Apleistazona.lt. (Un)Tourist City Guide, 2021-05-28, available online: http://www.apleistazona.lt/pasivaiksciojimas-sateikiu-raketu-bazeje/.

Tarvydai (Rumšai) Anti-Aircraft Missile Base

Former World War I narrow gauge railway branch: “Banhoff – Bhf. Waldl. Salit” site

Lugaži railway station

Submarine pier in Alksnynė. Orthophoto. 2009–2010. From: maps.lt (UAB “Hnit-Baltic”), online access: https://old.maps.lt/map/.

Submarine marina in Alksnynė

Construction of the Jēkabpils Guard House. Second half of the 1930s

Jēkabpils Guards House (now the People's House)

Hullo border outpost

Closed ammunition depots built in the 1950s

Latvian Radio's secret broadcasting site in Salaspils

Railway bridge over the Amata, June 20, 1889. Source: National Archives of Estonia

Railway bridge over Amata

Ruhnu Lighthouse

Former military commandant's office, memorial plaque of General P. Plechavičius

The author of the photo is Kęstutis Kilinskas.

“Nordmolle” Air Defence Battery

Oskara Kalpaka Bridge in Karosta

Daile Theatre

Torņakalns Church. 2021. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Riga Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church

Spitham Radar Station

Vecumnieki Railway Station

Riga Congress Center

Narrow gauge railway in Biržai

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Northern Camp

Tahkuna Lighthouse

French Commissariat in Klaipėda

Daudzeva - Sunākstes - Viesītes narrow gauge railway

Soviet border guard post in Jūrmalciems

Concrete access road from Mārcienė to Gaiziņkalns via Bērzaunis

Kogula (Mõnnuste) airfield

Artillery Officers' Building

“Ramovė” Villa club of Lithuanian Officers

Tempelhofas lauks (Tempelhofer Feld)

Photo by Salvijus Kulevičius, 2024. Personal collection of Salvijus Kulevičius.

The airfield section of the Biržai–Pandėlys road

Mežaparks Grand Stage

Rumbula Air Base

Lēni Manor in 2020. Photo: Līga Landsberga

Lēnu Manor

Latvian Army Spotlight Point

Pakri Island in the mid-1990s. Photo: Juris Smaļinskis

Pakri Islands - Soviet aviation target range

Former World War I-era railway: Vecumnieki - Mercendarbe

Photo: J.Smaļinskis. The reconstructed tower

Fire correction tower of the Ventspils 46th Coastal Defence Battery

Photo by Viktoras Šadauskas, 2020. Photo archive of the Klaipėda County Public I. Simonaitytė Library.

“Memel Sud” Coastal Artillery Battery

Mazirbe border guard tower

Unity House

Projectile warehouses

The former headquarters of the Latvian Popular Front in Old Riga. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Latvian Popular Front headquarters in Riga

Pavements - Rubikiai narrow-gauge railway stage. Sources: Wikipedia

Aukštaitija barge railway

Dome Square in Old Riga

Artillery arsenal

World War II Bunkers in Malnava and Hitler’s Visit to the Headquarters of the German Army Group North

Viktorija Mačiulaitytė. Archive of the Department of Cultural Heritage

Zokniai Air Base Hangar (KVR)

Saeima of the Republic of Latvia. 2025. Photo: U. Neiburgs

Parliament House (Saeima)

Information stand by the road. Photo: Jana Kalve

Zvārde shooting range and former Soviet military base "Lapsas"

Akmeņrags Lighthouse and the fate of the "Saratov"

Excursion to Akmenrag lighthouse

It is possible to climb the Akmeņraga lighthouse via a spiral staircase. Climbing the lighthouse offers a fantastic view of the sea and surrounding forests. The lighthouse is the main ornament of Akmeņraga. In 2011, during the implementation of the project, the road to the Akmeņraga lighthouse was reconstructed. Far beyond the borders of Akmeņraga, information has spread about the unique collection of amber and stones collected by the lighthouse keeper.

German army coastguard searchlight site in Usi and border guard post in Kolka

“Memel-Nord” Coastal Artillery Battery

Pigeon post sea station in Karosta

Fortress (Commandant's) Garden

Gulbene depot, Saloon car No. 572699-698047

Hara Harbor and Submarine base

Water-lifting building

Railway bridge over the Rauna. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association

The railway bridge over the river Rauna

Užava Lighthouse

Iron tank bridge over the Bērze River

Vatla temporary airfield

Fortifications of the Daugava River Mouth

Latvian military aviation airfield. Source: Gulbene Tourism and Cultural Heritage Center.

Latvian Military Aviation Airport

Linkaicai Weapons Workshop

Taurkalne German army warehouse site

Barracks of the Latgale Artillery Regiment, Krustpils. 1930s.

Latgale Artillery Regiment Army Barracks

Remains of a German army concrete fire point on the banks of the Plavinas HPP

Ķeizerdambis (Kaiser - Damm)

Viesturs (Mihailas) Gate

Pelči Manor

Soviet air force target firing ground in Zvārde

Mazirbe Nautical School

Photographer Salvijus Kulevičius. Collection of S.Kulevičius

Šeikiškiai (Moletai) Anti-Aircraft Missile Base

A Set of Railway Bridge Structures in Kurmaičiai

Liepāja Coastal Artillery Battery No. 2

Vaiņode air base

Mazirbe boat cemetery

Pine Mountain

Latvian soldiers’ former medical warehouse

Lāčplēsis (Aleksandras) Gate

Šateikiai ground missile base

Shooting range (Schießstand)

Cold War exposition

Educational program "Games and discoveries at the rocket base"

Do you like history, are you interested in the Cold War period? Want an unconventional museum lesson? We offer such an opportunity at the Cold War exhibition. During the educational program, it will be possible to get acquainted with the historical period of the Cold War and the only operational underground missile launch base in Lithuania. During the education, the participants, divided into groups, perform a variety of tasks promoting active cognition: deciphering a coded secret combat signal, learning to properly put on a gas mask, and getting to know the environment through the senses (hearing, sight, smell and touch).

This education is a game full of interesting stories, tasks, new missions.

The program is intended for students in grades 6-7,
Group size: up to 30 people.

Excursion "Cold War Exposition in a different way"

Arm yourself with flashlights and get ready to get dirty! You will be given the opportunity to explore the most secret corners of the underground missile launch base and learn the history of this special facility. And where else is the opportunity to spend an hour in a space completely isolated from the outside world! There is no mobile connection, no internet, and the only source of light is a handheld flashlight. The body of those who got here shivers, and when listening to the stories and facts that happened here, the visitor feels a threat to all humanity...

Organized groups: with advance registration of adult groups, up to 30 participants.