Places MsLiz Wants to Go

The last active narrow-gauge forest railway in Europe.

A habitable museum, or a time machine into Romania’s Communist era?

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

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

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.

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

A chemical factory damaged by two earthquakes and an explosion that became abandoned after bankruptcy.

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

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

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

Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

Once the legendary capital of the Dacian Kingdom, this city has been reduced to mere ruins.

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

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

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

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

A stunning 18th century pharmacy and medieval chemist's collection.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

This bone-filled cave got its name after they found 140 bear skeletons inside.