The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

This historic Art Nouveau townhouse was the former home of the son of a famous chemical inventor and industrialist.

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

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

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

The oldest cemetery in Belgium.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.