What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

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

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.

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

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

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

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

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

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

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”