The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.

This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.