A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

A patriotic medieval knight in driven-nail armor raised money for widows and orphans of WWI.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

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

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

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

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.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.