Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

Nine centuries-old fortresses guard the walls of this medieval Romanian city.

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

Something's watching you.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

An underground city of salt.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

An arts and culture melting pot inside an old roadside inn from the Ottoman era.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

The abandoned site of the Beatles spiritual awakening and subsequent revolt.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

Last remaining nuclear missile base in Ukraine.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.