This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

Beautiful antiques and obscure engineering artifacts trace the evolution of phones from rare luxuries to ubiquitous.

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

The largest statue of this convex, homogeneous object with just one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.

This statue honors one of Budapest's most beloved literary characters.

Dine on Hungarian-Jewish dishes at this multigenerational, family-run institution.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

A stunning Art Nouveau cinema in the heart of Budapest.

The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.

A plaque bearing the names of those who dedicated themselves to protecting Budapest's Jewish population during World War II.

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.