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

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

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

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

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.

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

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.

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

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

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

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

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.

An extraordinary collection of artifacts spanning 500 years of medical history.

A statue commemorating 'the greatest inhabitant of Amsterdam of all time.'

An Amsterdam School landmark combining a museum and social housing.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

This confectioner serves one of the finest renditions of Antep baklava outside of Turkey.

Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.

The European Union’s tallest freestanding structure provides radio and television broadcasting to half of Latvia.