A cemetery for Slovenian notables also serves as a popular recreation space.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

This harsh mountain path was built as a strange attempt to improve the health of Turkmen citizens.

A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.

Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

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

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.