Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

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

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

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

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

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

Something's watching you.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

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

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

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.