Places ulitsky Wants to Go

This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.

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

Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.

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

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.

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

The oldest Egyptian obelisk still standing in its original site.

This sensational silver temple is the product of centuries of metalworking.

A stunning Art Nouveau cinema in the heart of Budapest.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

Collection of paintings by the celebrated Blanco Family.

Two members of the Rolling Stones frozen forever in bronze.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

A monster in the plant world, up to 10 feet tall and smelling of death.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

In this rare traditional factory, three generations of know-how, several strong cows, and a one-ton mortar come together to make Yogyakarta's famous "ugly noodles."

This Indonesian village was revitalized by a vibrant rainbow paint job.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.