Bucharest, Romania
Cărturești Carusel Bookstore
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
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Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Sinaia, Romania
This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.
Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
Snagov Island, Romania
This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Prague, Czechia
This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.
Andělská Hora, Czechia
This ruined castle perched atop a rocky peak is a great place for a hike.
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.
Vrbice, Czechia
A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land.
Velké Losiny, Czechia
This renaissance château was home to an infamous witch hunter who sent a hundred suspected witches to their deaths.
Litomysl, Czechia
Unique house covered in a nightmarish mural of demons, ghosts and monsters.
Pilsen, Czechia
Underneath the city that invented pilsners are a series of historic tunnels that have been storing beer for centuries.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Klatovy, Czechia
These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.
Znojmo, Czechia
This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.
Křtiny, Czechia
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
Blatce, Czechia
Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.
Adršpach, Czechia
Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
Brno, Czechia
Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A museum of alchemy and a basement laboratory all housed in an ancient building in a Gothic tower.
Manětín, Czechia
Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.
Želízy, Czechia
Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.