This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

One of the largest barracks of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy's military is now an abandoned ruin.

A cableway for car transport.

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

An extraordinary museum devoted to the pop art legend created by Slovak artists.

In the midst of a living monument to Soviet social engineering, Polish Catholics built this church by hand.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

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

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.