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Salina Turda

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Added by oliviasorlescu

Hunedoara, Romania

Corvin Castle

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

SamM

Snagov Island, Romania

Snagov Monastery

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

NMaF

Caraș-Severin, Romania

Bigar Waterfall

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

teeacristea

Added by teeacristea

Wallachia, Romania

Poenari Castle

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

serflac

Added by serflac

Săpânța, Romania

The Merry Cemetery

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

Dylan

Bender, Moldova

Bendery Military Museum

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

Darmon Richter

Added by Darmon Richter

Chisinau, Moldova

Mileștii Mici

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

atimian

Added by atimian

Tatiana Pick's Psychedelic Hallway

Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.

nickdrewe

Added by nickdrewe

Pripyat, Ukraine

Jupiter Radiotechnology Factory

A huge Soviet-era robotics factory in the outskirts of Pripyat, now long-abandoned.

jamespilbrow

Added by jamespilbrow

Progress Factory Mosaic

A unique Soviet mosaic preserved on the facade of a shoe factory in Lviv.

Valeria Druzhynets

Added by Valeria Druzhynets

Odessa, Ukraine

Odessa Cable Car

Built in the Soviet era, this cableway system still runs gondolas from Odessa down to Otrada Beach.

Johan SWE

Added by Johan SWE

Odessa, Ukraine

Trade Unions Building

The eerie burnt-out remains of a prominent building where 30 protestors lost their lives.

Added by hoppdanson

Dnipro, Ukraine

Art Center Kvartira

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.

MorisPreston

Added by MorisPreston

Yermolaivka, Ukraine

Museum of Strategic Missile Troops

Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.

Added by Northernskies

Pereiaslav, Ukraine

Museum of Space Exploration

A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Znesinnia Park Rail Tracks

The largest park in Lviv is surrounded by a network of disused rail tracks.

ludvigidoffsson

Added by ludvigidoffsson

Salo Art Museum

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.

larissahayden

Added by larissahayden

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Pip Ivan Observatory

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.

aboychuk

Added by aboychuk

Tarakaniv, Ukraine

Fort Tarakanivskyy

This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."

alessandro cini

Added by alessandro cini

Lviv Statue of Liberty

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

SamM

Kachalka

Kyiv's answer to Muscle Beach is a Soviet-era gym made from scrap metal.

SamM

Mizhhirs'kyi district, Ukraine

Synevyr Lake

This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.

RichardHerts

Added by RichardHerts

Slavutych, Ukraine

Slavutych

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Pripyat after the Chernobyl disaster.

megancstarr

Added by megancstarr