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.

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

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

Something's watching you.

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

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

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

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

The ancient Greek Titan guards this massive dam holding a lightning bolt to symbolize electricity.

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

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

Hidden on two floors of downtown building, the library has an incredible deal on rent.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.