A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

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.

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

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

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

Soviet-era gates guard an unexpected urban forest—and a future U.S. embassy.

Artist Veaceslav Jiglițchi brings a connection to Chișinău through works of art.

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

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.

This popular shopping mall and eatery once provided scant comfort to sick colonials and seafarers

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

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

A pristine wildlife habitat against the backdrop of skyscrapers, nicknamed "The World’s Wildlife Capital"

This cemetery within the sprawling Residency Complex in Lucknow was first used during the Siege in 1857

Uganda's smallest savannah park is home to over 350 species of birds and mammals.

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.