A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Inside this former medieval prison is a collection of objects designed to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering on the human body and mind.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

Gardens representing parts of Asia, Europe, and the Mid East are tucked away among the Soviet-style buildings in East Berlin.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.

The first, and perhaps only, monument dedicated to Wikipedia.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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

Every part of this unusual home is built into the sandstone rock.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.