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

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

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

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

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

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.

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

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.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.