Places kattrewerts Wants to Go

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

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

Religious structure known for its sculpted details.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

Climbing to the top of the cathedral's bell tower offers sweeping views of these medieval ruins.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

One of the oldest churches in Romania is believed to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.

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

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

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

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

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

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

The temple that withstood the Nazis.

Ruins of an early Roman Christian church dating back to the 4th to 5th centuries.

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.