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

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

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

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

Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

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

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

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