This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

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

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

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

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.

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

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

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

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

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

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

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

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

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

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

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

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

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.

Once built to inspire young Soviet minds through astronomy, this dome now stands as a quiet relic of a vanished era.