Places dbone Wants to Go

Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

A permanent woodland refuge in the Carpathian Mountains for European brown bears rescued from abuse and neglect

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

A habitable museum, or a time machine into Romania’s Communist era?

The most impressive example of contemporary Romanian architecture in wood

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.

This 11th-century structure is one of the oldest churches in Romania.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

Something's watching you.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

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

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

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.

There is a mouldering Jewish cemetery hidden away in the capital of Moldova.

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

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

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