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This small exhibition displays equipment and artifacts once belonging to the feared Stasi secret police.

This small museum takes the business of clowning quite seriously.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

Learn the incredible story of how an unassuming spa town was transformed into one of the world’s largest uranium mining sites.

This massive, now-retired coal-mine excavator is said to resemble a mythical dragon.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

This Czech military museum is home to pink tank that was once a symbol of art and political rebellion.

In this Romani neighborhood lies a museum dedicated to the culture and history of the Roma.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

A rebuilt Roman city that was once the largest Roman settlement in the region.

A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

The only natural cave bath in all of Europe.

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

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

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

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

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

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

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.