Places Edited by matthewmetcalfe

A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.

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

John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.

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

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

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

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

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

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