A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

A museum of Hungarian military aviation in the middle of a small city.

Hundreds of boat-shaped headstones fill this graveyard as part of a centuries-old custom with mysterious origins.

The only natural cave bath in all of Europe.

This castle played host to the largest great hall found in medieval Central Europe.

An exploration of a small ethnic group’s heritage through their exquisite folk art.

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

See more than 150 sculptures, stained glass windows, and famous works of art all rendered in marzipan.

For decades, Hungary's Communist Party insisted this gulag had never existed.

A seemingly unassuming palace near Budapest hides a stupendously decorated hall.

The remains of a 13th-century Romanesque church lie abandoned on a hillside.

This museum showcases the lives of Hungarian school children and their vintage toys.

World's tallest cigar-shaped radio tower.

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

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

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

The Hungarian biochemist whose research helped develop mRNA-based vaccines for Covid-19.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

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

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

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