This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

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

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

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

Apparently, Hell has waterfalls in Slovenia.

This was the second largest mercury mine in the world and one of the oldest preserved mine complexes in Europe.

Nibble as you learn about Slovenia's longstanding tradition of making beautiful honey cookies.

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

This abandoned Slovenian military barracks has become a punky-political art squat.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.