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The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

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

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

This statue honors one of Budapest's most beloved literary characters.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

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

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

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

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

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

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.