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.

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.

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

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

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

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

The great Danube river starts here.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.