An ornate century-old elevator still connects the two halves of Bad Schandau.

This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

Since 1999, this bakery has been turning out the dreamiest tortes in the Slovenian capital.

Inspired by the Rialto Bridge in Venice, these three clustered bridges were just one part of a Slovenian architect’s grand vision.

Local legend of a lurking canal crocodile takes on a life of its own with this sculpture.

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

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

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

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

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

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

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

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

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

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

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