Said to be the only museum in the world dedicated to the most classic of all blooms, the rose.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

A collection of art from Bulgaria's time as a communist state.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

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

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

The soulless eyes of 82 bronze children stare on forever in remembrance of a horrifying World War II massacre.

An old asylum graveyard that's been abandoned for half a century attracts those seeking a dark thrill.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

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

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.