In an Auckland neighborhood, looming chopsticks lift noodles from the sidewalk.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

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

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

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

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

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

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

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

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

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.