Places guen0062 Wants to Go

This tomb of a Sufi mystic is a remnant of Ottoman rule in Hungary.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

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

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

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

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

Dine on Hungarian-Jewish dishes at this multigenerational, family-run institution.

On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

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.

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

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

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

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

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

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

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

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