Places ploncck Wants to Go

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

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

A haunted outpost in Moldova, where guards are said to have fired at a ghostly figure.

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

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

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

A bronze sculpture honoring a famous Serbian writer and a character from his novel.

Beautifully carved tombstones fill this unmarked graveyard, uniquely situated near the village's famous stone wine cellars.

A massive cave once a secret military base is now home to thousands of bats.

This tower is all that remains of the mosque that once stood in the center of the city, before it was destroyed by fire in 1941.

The ridged layers that make up this river canyon represent Earth's geological history.

The famous springs of this small town still flow outside this historic building.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

An interactive museum-like experience takes visitors back to 1980s Communist Bulgaria.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

The remarkably well-preserved final resting place of a powerful ancient Thracian king.

A stunning little chapel built on a rock in the Mediterranean Sea on the Greek island of Leros.

Seven early Christians were sealed into a cave where legend has it they slept unharmed for centuries.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

This giant underground cave chamber can only be accessed through a small opening at the top.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

Billionaire's mark on the earth.

Huge stairway leads to this massive gallery.