On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

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

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

Of all the houses that grace this neighborhood, only one is a testament to surreal architecture.

Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.

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

One of the few cold geysers in Europe, its eruptions are powered by carbon dioxide.

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

A special area of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples is located inside a metro station.

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.