Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

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

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

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

An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.