The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

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

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

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This building has two facades of clashing architectural designs.

Sofia's legislative center is continuously reinventing itself.

Underneath this Byzantinian church lies a necropolis filled with ancient tombs and the ruins of previous churches.

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.

A vast Communist-era exhibition space in the Bulgarian capital.