This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.

A massive sculpture of an obscure Celtic coin that has become a symbol in Slovakia.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

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

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.