This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

For decades, Hungary's Communist Party insisted this gulag had never existed.

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

One of Hungary's most influential places of learning is also home to one of the world's most beautiful libraries.

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

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

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

Hungarian self-built castle.

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

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

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

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.

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

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

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

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.

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

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.