This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Visit an imposing 13th-century Transylvanian citadel lurking not far from the region's more heavily touristed attractions.

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

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

Gigantic Romanian salt mines used to heal respiratory conditions.

Something's watching you.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.

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

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

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."