A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.

One of the few cold geysers in Europe, its eruptions are powered by carbon dioxide.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.

The memorial stands at the intersection of the rivers Morava and Danube.

This statue points to another unusual companion work of art often overlooked by visitors.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

A series of bronze circus performers spread throughout a Slovakian shopping center.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

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

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

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

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

Explore a remarkable 35-hectare sculpture garden located an hour outside of Lisbon.

On the cliffs of São Jorge in the Azores stand the remains of a lighthouse that was struck by a series of earthquakes.

On a trail in Portugal's Barão de São João National Forest, a pile of faces look up at hikers from the forest floor.