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Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

According to local legend, the devil shattered this column after losing a bet.

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.

The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

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

This train station's platforms were built extremely narrow to deceive a rather arrogant government official

This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

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

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

A chemical factory damaged by two earthquakes and an explosion that became abandoned after bankruptcy.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

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

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."