The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

The sanctuary holds what was once believed to be the saint's incorruptible tongue.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.