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The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

This petite cutlery factory sits on the foundations of a defunct gasworks.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

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.

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

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

A Museum of Psychiatry in a still-operating mental institution.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.