Bled, Slovenia
Bled Island and Castle
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
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Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.
Bratislava, Slovakia
No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.
Bratislava, Slovakia
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.
Budapest, Hungary
This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.
Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.
Budapest, Hungary
This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.
Budapest, Hungary
On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.
Budapest, Hungary
How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?
Budapest, Hungary
A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.
Budapest, Hungary
This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.
Budapest, Hungary
Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Budapest, Hungary
Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.
Seaside, Oregon
This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.
Elsie, Oregon
A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.