The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

A beautiful display of nearly 50 bells crafted with a unique design and distinct sound.

The world’s first statue of the late Apple co-founder.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

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

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

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

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

This region of Slovakia boasts some of the most plentiful opal mines in the world.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

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

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.