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

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

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

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

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 Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.