Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.

The site is dedicated to an investigative journalist whose murder triggered a political uproar that changed Slovakia forever.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.

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

A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.

Dedicated to a synagogue that was destroyed after having survived World War II.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.

Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.

Brass plaques embedded in pavement preserve the memories of those who lost their lives at the hands of Nazis during World War II.

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

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

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

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

A controversial “crumpet”-shaped museum tries its best to blend in with surrounding parkland.

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.

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

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

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

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?