This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

This oversized tribute to the nation's tiniest coin highlights the value of small contributions.

A haunted outpost in Moldova, where guards are said to have fired at a ghostly figure.

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

In one of the smallest countries in the world stands an original Salvador Dalí sculpture.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

An underground city of salt.

Plaques celebrating Lithuanian writers freckle a wall of this picture-perfect path.

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.