A beautiful drive through the foot of the Alps traces the path of 15th-century Turkish raids.

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.

The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

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

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

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

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

In this Romani neighborhood lies a museum dedicated to the culture and history of the Roma.

Towering sandstone rock formations where 'The Chronicles of Narnia' was filmed.

Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha spent 18 years creating these monumental paintings of Slavic history and mythology.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

Visitors flock to the historic birthplace of radiobalneology for its therapeutic radium treatments.

When the river dries up, these stones start talking.

A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.