A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

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

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The enormous smoke hides within a little known, semi-secret exhibit inside Havana's Morro Castle Historic Park.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.