Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

Legend holds that this knife serves as a chilling reminder of the deadly rivalry between two local builder brothers.

The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

This cozy little museum is a journey through the history of Mongolia’s capital.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Visit Europe's largest subterranean waterfall, carved by water from the glaciers of the towering peaks surrounding the valley.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.