Turda, Romania
Salina Turda
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
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Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
Lagoa, Portugal
Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.
Lisbon, Portugal
This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Zalipie, Poland
This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Gdańsk, Poland
This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Gdańsk, Poland
The site of the first battle of World War II.
Norway
Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.
Bergen, Norway
A memorial to 350 people burned at the stake for witchcraft.
Norway
Mound of stones marking the burial site of the world's most famous orca.
Norway
Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.
Stokke, Norway
Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.
Brønnøy, Norway
A naturally occurring tunnel in this Nordic mountain makes it look like it's been shot.
Hellvik, Norway
The largest cave in Northern Europe.
Longyearbyen, Norway
The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
Alta, Norway
The world's northernmost ice hotel.
Stavanger, Norway
Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.
Oslo, Norway
In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.