This museum is home to one of the biggest collections of printing press technology—plus a river view.

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This bell stars in a tragic love tale and is said to make wishes come true.

Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

An underground city of salt.

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.