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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

A living descendant of the famous tree that helped Isaac Newton develop the theory of gravity.

The standard measure of Lagom, a measure of what is enough.

This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.

The indecision over what to place in this square was immortalized with a plaque.

This contentious squat has stood through fire, violence, and government intervention as a hotbed of leftist protest.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.