Čačersk, Belarus
Chachersk Airplane
A decommissioned Soviet airplane has been used as a movie theater and a cultural center.
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Čačersk, Belarus
A decommissioned Soviet airplane has been used as a movie theater and a cultural center.
Sillamäe, Estonia
This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.
Valaste, Estonia
This stunning limestone waterfall is the highest in Estonia.
Sabile, Latvia
Just another terrifying garden filled with hundreds of endlessly smiling doll people.
Irlavas pagasts, Latvia
A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.
Žagarė, Lithuania
What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.
Riga, Latvia
This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.
Riga, Latvia
Burlesque Hospital Themed Restaurant.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A century-old prison in the heart of Vilnius is now a lively bar, dance club, and artist residency.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Museum deep in the catacombs of St. Michael the Archangel Church is explored by touch, sound, and smell.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.
Bournemouth, England
The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia
The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."
Naples, Italy
Does this church in Naples hold the true tomb of Vlad the Impaler, the notoriously cruel figure who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula?
Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Budapest, Hungary
A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Băile Herculane, Romania
An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.
Telega, Romania
This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."
Shkodër, Albania
According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.
Kodër Spaç, Albania
This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.
Përmet District, Albania
A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.