Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

The deepest metro station in the world.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

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

Something's watching you.

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

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

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

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

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

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

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.