Vienna, Austria
The Narrenturm
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
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Vienna, Austria
This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.
Prague, Czechia
This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
Prague, Czechia
A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Hiiu Parish, Estonia
This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.
Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia
A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.
Saaremaa, Estonia
Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.
Tallinn, Estonia
This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.
Piusa, Estonia
Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.
Tallinn, Estonia
A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.
Trakai, Lithuania
Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.
Vilnius, Lithuania
An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.
Gmina, Poland
This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.
Warsaw, Poland
Atop this library is one of the most beautiful green spaces in Warsaw.
Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Dubbed "Wistom" by locals, this abandoned factory is an urban explorer's dream.
Gmina Leśnica, Poland
One of the largest amphitheaters in Europe is a former Nazi German gathering place that still stands today.
Warsaw, Poland
A tree planted by Marie Curie is treasured by the Radium institute that she set up.
Sopot, Poland
This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.
Otwock, Poland
An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.
Poland
A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".
Malbork, Poland
This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.
Świdnica, Poland
This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.
Zakopane, Poland
Polish luminaries and masterful folk art find sanctuary in this unique cemetery.
Grabarka, Poland
Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.