Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

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

A bronze woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.

A relic of World War I that now exist as a piece of public art.

The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

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 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.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

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

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.

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