This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

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

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.