Hunedoara, Romania
Corvin Castle
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
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Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Sinaia, Romania
This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.
Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Pinhal Novo, Portugal
This architectural beauty is the home to a personal collection of more than 600 examples of mechanical musical instruments.
Tomar, Portugal
Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.
Lisbon, Portugal
Located in the thermoelectric factory that once powered the entire city, this Portuguese museum is shockingly fascinating.
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Come to this Polish museum to take a good, clean look at filth.
Raciborz, Poland
The biggest exposition of dental equipement in Europe. And a Mummy.
Gdańsk, Poland
This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.
Karpacz, Poland
The largest toy museum in Poland showcases Europe's history of childhood.
Poznań, Poland
These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.
Bochnia, Poland
Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Torun, Poland
Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."
Bydgoszcz, Poland
An abandoned Nazi explosives plant founded by the inventor of dynamite is now an underground museum.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Walbrzych, Poland
A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
This taxidermilogical collection was assembled by a peltmonger turned animal activist.
Habsburg, Switzerland
An 11th-century fortress home to one of the most influential royal houses in medieval Europe.
Ostermundigen, Switzerland
This small museum displays a collection of outsider art and scale models of past "treatments" for mental illness.
Bern, Switzerland
Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.
Sissach, Switzerland
Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.