Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

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

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

On the outskirts of the small village, an abandoned grassy field glitters thanks to the white stones of an ancient structure.

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

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

This rose and lavender oil distillery still operates as it did more than a century ago.

These cascading falls resonate throughout the Bulgarian forest.

Rebuilt several decades ago, its striking murals prevent it from being reconsecrated as a church.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.

One of the largest mines in Bulgaria is now home to a vast museum more than 100 feet underground.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

These natural cliffs look like they are a part of an old castle complex.

A mysterious tunnel hidden in the shadows of a colorful, historic sanctuary.

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

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

Mysterious standing stone formations looks like a petrified forest.

In a long-dry lake bed, these groups of massive stone pillars bear a striking resemblance to clumps of everyone's favorite fungi.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.