Places G Pike Wants to Go

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

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

The site of a legendary 14th-century battle and a controversial 20th-century speech.

This lonely minaret with an unusual decorative symbol is all that remains of a historic Ottoman mosque.

An unfinished Serbian Orthodox church with 1,389 golden crosses planned to represent the Battle of Kosovo.

This 15th-century Ottoman bridge was modified to keep up with the changing course of the river Erenik.

A UNESCO-protected spiritual seat of the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire.

Christianity and Islam have clashed, yet here a Serbian Orthodox church and a mosque stand together.

Two distorted Romanesque columns hold aloft a mine cart in honor of laborers who died during WWII.

The ceiling of this cavern is dripping with multicolored marble stalactites.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

Beautiful antiques and obscure engineering artifacts trace the evolution of phones from rare luxuries to ubiquitous.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

A museum of Hungarian military aviation in the middle of a small city.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

Outside of Budapest, a reconstruction of a 16th-century fortress.

World's tallest cigar-shaped radio tower.

The remains of a 13th-century Romanesque church lie abandoned on a hillside.

This castle was designed to have as many windows as there are days in the year.

An abandoned cable car station located on the Danube stands like a haunted house above the river.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

One of the biggest Buddhist stupas in Europe, hidden from most locals.