A scene from one of Hungary's most famous novels.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

For decades, Hungary's Communist Party insisted this gulag had never existed.

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

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

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

Everything from miniature biblical scenes to life-sized statues are almond-based at this sweet and nutty gallery.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

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

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.

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

The remains of an entire Roman city can be explored in this interactive museum.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

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

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

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

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.