Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Outside of Budapest, a reconstruction of a 16th-century fortress.

A plaque bearing the names of those who dedicated themselves to protecting Budapest's Jewish population during World War II.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

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

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

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

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.