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No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

The tiny, studious rodents greet visitors to the National Archives of Finland.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

The most impressive example of contemporary Romanian architecture in wood

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.

Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

This bone-filled cave got its name after they found 140 bear skeletons inside.

Something's watching you.

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

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.

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.