This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

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

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

Before building her own tombstone, an untrained artist created a concrete menagerie in her garden.

A concrete plant shaped like four giant soldiers commemorates one of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars.

An unusual bronze bus shelter is actually an art installation commenting on the city's history with the Nazi party.