Places tessadruijff Wants to Go

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

This oversized tribute to the nation's tiniest coin highlights the value of small contributions.

Soviet-era gates guard an unexpected urban forest—and a future U.S. embassy.

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

A vivid and terrifying mural blends pop-culture-style depictions of Hell with traditional Orthodox imagery.

A statue dedicated to the founders of communism.

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

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

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

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

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

A modern museum dedicated to the fairytales and dictionary work of the Brothers Grimm.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.