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A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

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

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

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

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.