The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

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

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

A turn-of-the-century prophecy comes true when a mischievous wooden Devil watches the neighboring church burn to the ground

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.