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

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.

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

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

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

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

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.