This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

A monumental palace that began as a stock exchange, became the headquarters of Hungarian Television, and spent years largely unused.

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.

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

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

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.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

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

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

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

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

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.