17th century palace once a meeting place for politicians.

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.

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

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

A Romanian church built from one single oak.

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

Gigantic Romanian salt mines used to heal respiratory conditions.

A stunning 18th century pharmacy and medieval chemist's collection.

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

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.

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

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.

Founded in the 4th-century, the town of Pernik plays host to the Surva Carnival⁠—a magnificent display of masked Kukeri dancers.

The temple that withstood the Nazis.