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Picturesque basketball courts sheltered by historical defensive walls and with an enviable sea view.

This abandoned Croatian stronghold never saw a great deal of conflict but it is still a beloved relic nonetheless.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.

Island wonderland for communist autocrats.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

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

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.

Home of the first female Hungarian poet, where her secret writing lay hidden for over a century.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

Roma who struck it rich in the 1980s built extravagant mansions in this small Romanian town.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

This gigantic monument hidden in the woods was built to thank the Dutch for sheltering Belgian refugees during World War I.

The ruins of a medieval castle that once belonged to one of the most powerful families in the Netherlands.

A stunning hermit's shrine on a steep rocky spur in Northern Italy.