This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

Constructed during the 1960s, this bridge is still the highest in Italy.

A mountain cave is the site of archaeological findings and Paleolithic rock art.

A giant coin serves as a very unusual yet creative monument commemorating one of the most important people in the history of Trieste.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

An ancient theatre in the "little Rome of the Alps."

Unable to build support structures on glaciers, the engineers for this tramway were forced to design a unique system.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.