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

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

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

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

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

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

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

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

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

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

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

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.

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

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.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

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.

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

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