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

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.

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

This site used to mark the heart of the EU—now it's crowned with a striking glass sculpture and a buried secret underneath.

A 600-year-old elm tree with a built-in seat and thatched roof.

Named for its similarity to the tip of a violin's bow, this striking formation was created by millions of years of erosion.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

“It has nae lugs!”

This huge abandoned fortress hidden inside a mountain holds a world of subterranean secrets.

Once a spa resort, then a tuberculosis sanatorium, and now a crumbling ruin.

A private collector gathered these sound machines and musical instruments across five continents.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

This elaborately decorated wall is an homage to the history, beauty and lore of the palm tree.

A replica of the ice houses that once formed the basis of a local ice cream industry sits proudly in the middle of traffic.

Oversized versions of a beloved toy dot a children's playground in a Spanish toymaking town.

This fantastic sculpture of an early model helicopter celebrates the local toy industry.

Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.

This ancient tunnel is one of the most important examples of Roman hydraulic engineering in Spain.

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.