Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land.

Before serving as James Bond's Casino Royale, this Victorian-era spa catered to the world's elite.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

Europe's largest natural bridge has a 19th century royal chateau built into its side.

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.

This annual Belgian water race attracts bathtub captains from all over the world.

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

This bike path traverses the treetops.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

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