Phan Thiet, Vietnam
Po Shanu Cham Towers
These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.
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Phan Thiet, Vietnam
These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.
Phú Hòa, Vietnam
This unique formation is characterized by hexagonal basalt rocks stacked in unique formations.
Thành phố Buôn Ma Thuột, Vietnam
Drink and learn at this striking ode to coffee culture and history.
Sinaia, Romania
This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.
Brașov, Romania
A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Deva, Romania
Visit an imposing 13th-century Transylvanian citadel lurking not far from the region's more heavily touristed attractions.
Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia
The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."
Vienna, Austria
The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.
Telgárt, Slovakia
A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.
Bratislava, Slovakia
The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Shlisselburg, Russia
An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.
Russia
A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.
Kholmogorskiy rayon, Russia
What once claimed to be the world's tallest single-family wooden structure house.
Kalyazin, Russia
Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."
Moscow, Russia
Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.
Istanbul, Turkey
An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.
Zakopane, Poland
Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.
Tatra County, Poland
The majority of the highest mountain in Poland is actually located in a different country.
Kisapáti, Hungary
Take a hike to this unique rock formation formed by lava flows.