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

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A non-stop elevator ride in Vienna's city hall.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.

One of the famous Czech artist's lesser-known Prague installations appears to be a glowing fetus affixed to a drainpipe.