A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

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

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.