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These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.

Elaborate mansions built by Roma residents in Soroca to show their success after centuries of discrimination.

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

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

This hidden fortress has been coined the "City of Ghosts."

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.