A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

A Roman monument to their own civil engineering prowess.

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

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

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

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

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

17th century palace once a meeting place for politicians.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.