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This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

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

An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.

The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

One of the largest barracks of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy's military is now an abandoned ruin.

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

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

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

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

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

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

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

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

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.