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

A mountain pass in Bulgaria's Balkan Mountains was the site of four historic battles.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.

The sad remains of a monument to martial arts legend and movie star Bruce Lee—in the middle of Balkans.

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.

"Unity, Creativity, Beauty."

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.

A magnificent, glittering building tucked into a tiny Bulgarian mountain town.

A striking symbol of the Bulgarian capital.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.