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

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

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

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

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

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

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

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

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

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

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

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

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

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

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

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.