Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

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

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.

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

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

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

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

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

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

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

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

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

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

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

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

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