Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

From open waters to open dance floors—this decommissioned ferry has been transformed into a lively nightclub.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

One of Serbia's oldest luxury hotels and a nostalgic echo to Yugoslavia in the state's former capital.

Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.

Belgrade’s oldest restaurant has a rather unusual name.

This striking, historic hotel has major Wes Anderson movie energy.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

This feat of Brutalist architecture is also known as the Three Sisters.

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

Stone age urban planning.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

A Roman monument to their own civil engineering prowess.

The remnants of what was once the longest bridge in the world.

One of the most important fortresses along the Danube now lies in ruins.

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

Once a thriving Greek port, now a windswept ruin lost to time.

This small town in Germany was once a center of peppermint production, and has the museum to prove it.

Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.