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Something's watching you.

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

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.

A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

Gigantic Romanian salt mines used to heal respiratory conditions.

This hauntingly beautiful cemetery outside a medieval citadel is full of winding paths and ivy-covered graves.

A medieval church built up to defend its village.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

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

This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.