Places vincam Wants to Go

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

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.

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

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

A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.

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

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.

Step inside a Soviet-designed nuclear power plant with RBMK reactors identical to the ones in Chernobyl.

A wide array of locomotives call this outdoor museum home.

This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

This abandoned beacon is moving closer and closer to the sea.

This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.