The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.

Climbing to the top of the cathedral's bell tower offers sweeping views of these medieval ruins.

Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.

A Romanian church built from one single oak.

Something's watching you.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

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

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

This 13th century Gothic brick castle is the largest in the world by surface area.