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A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.

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

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

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

One of the oldest churches in Romania is believed to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.

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

Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.

A huge Soviet-era robotics factory in the outskirts of Prypiat, now long-abandoned.

A unique Soviet mosaic preserved on the facade of a shoe factory in Lviv.