In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

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

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

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

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

The bones of some 7,000 soldiers killed in the historic Battle of Solferino are stored here.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.