The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

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

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

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

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

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

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.