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Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

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

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

A subterranean Holocaust refuge within one of the world's longest cave systems.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

A monument to the bloody fight against fascism in Slovakia during World War II.

A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.

Admire dozens of life-size animals made from old scrap metal, nuts, screws, and valves.

This region of Slovakia boasts some of the most plentiful opal mines in the world.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.

An extraordinary museum devoted to the pop art legend created by Slovak artists.

A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

For 200 years, people have flocked to this Polish town to experience the healing powers of salt.

The tallest stone dam in Poland was opened by Kaiser Wilhelm II himself.

These beautiful castle ruins are nestled in the Polish countryside.

This dazzling wooden church was constructed as part of an elaborate peace project after the Thirty Years' War.

A Bauhaus co-founder designed this quirky, abandoned granary.