Milestii Mici, Moldova
Mileștii Mici
The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.
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Milestii Mici, Moldova
The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.
Vinnytsia, Ukraine
The spectacular Roshen Fountain show lights up the night sky all summer long, until it "hibernates" under the ice waiting for spring to come.
Soroca, Moldova
Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.
Odessa, Ukraine
Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.
Bender, Moldova
A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.
Tiraspol, Moldova
A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.
Minsk, Belarus
The apartment building where JFK's assassin lived after defecting to the Soviet Union.
Minski rajon, Belarus
Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.
Smaliavicki rajon, Belarus
A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.
Minsk, Belarus
Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.
Minsk, Belarus
This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.
Hrodna, Belarus
This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.
Brest, Belarus
Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.
Brest, Belarus
A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques
Brooklyn, New York
At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.
Beverly, Massachusetts
A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.
Osh, Kyrgyzstan
An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.
Denio, Nevada
Mine your own precious stones.
Atlanta, Georgia
A slanted tomb honors the faithful, furry companion of the Georgia Tech student body.
Lviv, Ukraine
A fortress built to pacify local uprising that had a stint as a Nazi concentration camp before becoming a five-star hotel.
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Remains of a station that only operated for one year.
Lviv, Ukraine
This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.
Kolomyya, Ukraine
Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.