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

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

This Brutalist building was once the tallest in Romania.

Several rooms flooded with 35mm film reel.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

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

A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.

An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.

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

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

A Romanian church built from one single oak.

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.

Something's watching you.

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

These submerged sculptures create a new habitat for marine life and exciting diving experience.

Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.